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Terrorism, Automated Hosts, and COVID-19: Critical Film Review of the HBO Saga Westworld

Terrorism, Automated Hosts, and COVID-19: Critical Film Review of the HBO Saga Westworld

Maximiliano Emanuel Korstanje
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781668452790|ISBN10: 1668452790|EISBN13: 9781668452813
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5279-0.ch016
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Korstanje, Maximiliano Emanuel. "Terrorism, Automated Hosts, and COVID-19: Critical Film Review of the HBO Saga Westworld." Global Risk and Contingency Management Research in Times of Crisis, edited by Narasimha Rao Vajjhala and Kenneth David Strang, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 295-308. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5279-0.ch016

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Korstanje, M. E. (2022). Terrorism, Automated Hosts, and COVID-19: Critical Film Review of the HBO Saga Westworld. In N. Vajjhala & K. Strang (Eds.), Global Risk and Contingency Management Research in Times of Crisis (pp. 295-308). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5279-0.ch016

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Korstanje, Maximiliano Emanuel. "Terrorism, Automated Hosts, and COVID-19: Critical Film Review of the HBO Saga Westworld." In Global Risk and Contingency Management Research in Times of Crisis, edited by Narasimha Rao Vajjhala and Kenneth David Strang, 295-308. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5279-0.ch016

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Abstract

The reign of terror ignited by 9/11 and the resulting War on Terror has accelerated the effects on social imaginary. Beyond the economic aftermaths, 9/11 recreated the conditions towards a monopoly of radicalized discourse, which was mainly oriented toward demonizing the “Non-Western Other.” Terrorism allowed the introduction of a conspiracy plot that marked some minority ethnicities as an enemy living within. At the bottom, these narratives punctuated that Muslim communities hate the society they inhabit. Such discourse changed forever the ways the “Other” is imagined. The chapter deals with HBO Saga Westworld, a futurist and dystopian world where robots (hosts) are subjected to torture, violence, and even sadist practices at the hands of wealthy tourists (guests). The formula in “Robots We Must Trust” is placed under the critical lens of scrutiny.

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