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Introduction THE GOD THAT SUCCEEDED 1 1 UTOPIA ACHIEVED 23 The Case of Watchmen 2 THE DEFENSE OF NECESSITY 71 On Jang Joon-Hwan’s Save the Green Planet 3 THE SAINTLY POLITICS OF CATASTROPHE 93 Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind 4 BETWEEN TRAUMA AND TRAGEDY 123 From The Matrix to V for Vendetta Acknowledgments 183 Notes 185 Index 201 CONTENTS This page intentionally left blank ...

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