Excluded Inclusion in Cinema and Literature: Approaching Giorgio Agambení¢€â„¢s thought using the í¢€Å“The Hunger Gamesí¢€

Abstract

The work carries out a critical reflection regarding the approach of Giorgio Agamben’s thinking, both implicitly and explicitly, in film and literature, using a multi-award-winning work as a reference in scenarios related to childhood and adolescence. Starting from art as an expression of reality, we attempt to establish the parallelism of the model of society—presented as being a result of social and ethical conflicts—and of certain philosophical and historical expressions of the fictitious recreation of the totalitarian regime to which our acts are destined. The purpose of the reflective process is to bring attention to the sugar-coated reality that is offered as a commodity and that receives laurels from critics and the public, highlighting the superficiality and insubstantiality of a plot that disguises itself as critical with a cloak of violence and deceptive dialogues.

KEYWORDS: excluded inclusion, exclusion included, totalitarianism, naked life, biopolitics.

JEL CODE: Z11, L82