Episode 4 Neutrality and the Ethics of Cultural Production: A Review of Civil War

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The Lives of Others - A Film Podcast

Angela and Danny

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In this podcast, we review films through the lens of sociology and political theory.

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In this podcast, we review films through the lens of sociology and political theory.

Social Sciences

Science

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Episode 4 Neutrality and the Ethics of Cultural Production: A Review of Civil War

The Lives of Others - A Film Podcast

37 minutes 4 seconds

1 year ago

Episode 4 Neutrality and the Ethics of Cultural Production: A Review of Civil War

In this episode, we review the film 'Civil War' (2024) by Alex Garland. We talk about the ethics of journalism and the question of neutrality in cultural productions.

01:39 Ethics of journalism as the central theme

11:17 Two Models of Neutrality in Political Philosophies of Citizenship

13:13 Alex Garland's Own Conformity to Neutrality

16:43 The Problem of Value-Free Cinematic Representation

23:32 The Ethical Problem of "Value-Free", Detached Approach to Representation

Credit to:

Trevor Noah: You Laugh But It’s True⁠, 2011 The analysis is partially inspired by Golob, B. B. (2013). Restricted Representation: The Role of Ethics and Esthetics in Framing Images of Suffering. Journal of Human Rights, 12(4), 511–522. https://doi.org/10.1080/14754835.2013.812469