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Gladiator, Violence, and the Founding of a Republic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2009

Lasse Thomassen
Lasse Thomassen
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Queen Mary, University of London
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Abstract

Ridley Scott's 2000 film Gladiator presents a view of the transition from dictatorship to the republic that one also finds in the discourses of certain political leaders today. I argue that we can learn about violence and the founding of a republic from an analysis and, especially, a critique of Gladiator.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 42 , Issue 1 , January 2009 , pp. 145 - 148
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2009

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