This paper argues that works of popular culture, specifically horror films, offer valuable insights into dominant and critical perceptions of the sources of violence in ongoing armed conflicts—an issue of concern for scholars of International Relations (IR) scholars, which as yet has not received sufficient attention. Accordingly, we present a new approach that IR scholars can utilize in their analysis of works of popular culture, applying it to two recent horror films from Israel/Palestine: Cannon Fodder (2013, dir. Eitan Gafny) and Freak Out (2015, dir. Boaz Armoni). The analysis of these films, combined with a discussion of films dealing with violence from other contexts, reveals how works of popular culture in general, and horror films in particular, can help address the question of whether violence in armed conflicts is perceived as endogenous or exogenous to the groups involved. This can also shed light on specific issues, such as the connection between social representation and violence, the link between the use of military technology and violence, and the blurred boundaries between endogenous and exogenous sources of violence.

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通过恐怖电影研究国际关系：一种新的方法和Cannon Fodder和Freak Out的插图

本文认为，流行文化的作品，特别是恐怖电影，提供了宝贵的见解，使人们对正在进行的武装冲突中的暴力根源具有主流和批判性的认识，这是国际关系学者尚未关注的一个问题。得到足够的重视。因此，我们提出了一种新的方法，投资者关系研究人员可以在分析流行文化作品时运用这一新方法，将其应用于以色列/巴勒斯坦最近的两部恐怖电影中：Cannon Fodder（2013，dir。Eitan Gafny）和Freak Out（2015年，导演：波阿斯·阿莫尼（Boaz Armoni））。对这些电影的分析，再加上对涉及其他背景下的暴力的电影的讨论，揭示了一般大众文化的作品，尤其是恐怖电影如何能够帮助解决以下问题：武装冲突中的暴力是否被视为内生性还是内在性？对所涉群体而言是外生的。这也可以阐明特定问题，例如社会代表性与暴力之间的联系，军事技术与暴力之间的联系以及内源性和外源性暴力源之间的界限模糊。