Recovery of the Soldier and the Necropolitics of Peace in Descendants of the Sun

Abstract

:This essay discusses how the 2016 South Korean television drama Descendants of the Sun attempts to distance the representation of the soldier from the necropolitical. Although various filming techniques and intradiegetic elements attempt to disengage the soldier figure from historical representations that continually emphasize the right to kill, Descendants ultimately demonstrates that the discourse of world peace itself is inherently violent. By promoting global humanitarianism, Descendants fails to provide a critical lens through which viewers can reflect on participation in a cosmopolitan ethos that depends on the continual renewal of neo-imperial relationships.

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