Emancipation of the Soul

Philipp Kneis studied American Studies and History at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. His research concerns American film and television, politics, Native American Studies and aging. Together with Antje Dallmann and Reinhard Isensee he has published Picturing America. Trauma, Realism, Politics and Identity in American Visual Culture (Peter Lang, 2007) and Envisioning American Utopias. Fictions of Science and Politics in Literature and Visual Culture (Peter Lang, 2010).

• Contents: Memetics as an approach towards genre theory – Errand into the wilderness – Emancipation from larger powers – Individual responsibility – Prophecy – Apocalyptic scenarios – Fundamentalism – Artificial intelligence – The X-Files – Millennium – Babylon 5 – Crusade – Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Angel – Stargate – Star Trek.