TY - GEN T1 - The Matrix in theory T2 - Critical studies (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; A2 - Díaz-Diocaretz, Myriam A2 - Herbrechter, Stefan LA - English PP - Amsterdam ; New York PB - Rodopi YR - 2006 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm70866640 AB - The Matrix trilogy continues to split opinions widely, polarising the downright dismissive and the wildly enthusiastic. Nevertheless, it has been fully embraced as a rich source of theoretical and cultural references. The contributions in this volume probe the effects the Matrix trilogy continues to provoke and evaluate how or to what extent they coincide with certain developments within critical and cultural theory. Is the enthusiastic philosophising and theorising spurred by the Matrix a sign of the desperate state theory is in, in the sense of "see how low theory (or 'post-theory') has sunk. OP - 314 CN - PN1997.M395 M38 2006eb SN - 1423791509 SN - 9781423791508 SN - 9789401201292 SN - 9401201293 SN - 9042016396 SN - 9789042016392 KW - Matrix (Motion picture) KW - Science fiction films : Themes, motives. KW - Films de science-fiction : Thèmes, motifs. KW - PERFORMING ARTS : Film & Video : History & Criticism. ER -