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- 9780470270301
- Book Title
- Batman and Philosophy : the Dark Knight of the Soul
- Book Series
- The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Ser.
- Publisher
- Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
- Item Length
- 8.9 in
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Philosophy
- Topic
- General, Comics & Graphic Novels
- Item Weight
- 14.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.9 in
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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Being a crime fighting superhero is a tough job and it comes with no shortage of social and moral responsibilities.
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Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0470270306
ISBN-13
9780470270301
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64379028
Product Key Features
Book Title
Batman and Philosophy : the Dark Knight of the Soul
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
General, Comics & Graphic Novels
Genre
Literary Criticism, Philosophy
Book Series
The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
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Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
5.9 in
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Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
In this, the latest in Wiley's Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series ( South Park and Philosophy , The Office and... , Metallica and... ), editors White and Arp assert upfront, and without qualification (apparently, that's the contributors' job), their belief that Batman is "the most complex character ever to appear in comic books and graphic novels." Exploring certain works that have broadened the philosophical undercurrents of the Batman mythos (Frank Miller's Batman: Year One and The Dark Knight Returns are cited often, but rarely the new movies), a raft of professors, students and PhD candidates paint Bruce Wayne's choices as, most often, either utilitarian or deontological, with basic descriptions of these systems helpfully provided for the novice. A few contributions broaden the discussion beyond the well-worn (origin stories of Batman and foes, etc.); casting butler Alfred as Kierkegaard's "knight of faith" to Batman's "knight of infinite resignation," contributor Christopher M. Drohan actually gets close to the archetypal sources that keep the serialized exploits of Batman and other comic heroes from getting stale. Unfortunately, most of these essays get old fast. (July) ( Publishers Weekly , July 28, 2008)
Lccn
2008-016841
Series Volume Number
2
Dewey Decimal
741.5/973
Lc Classification Number
Pn1992.77
Table of Content
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: The Oscar Speech George Clooney Never Got to Make ix Introduction: Riddle Me This . . . 1 PART ONE DOES THE DARK KNIGHT ALWAYS DO RIGHT? 1 Why Doesn't Batman Kill the Joker? 5 Mark D. White 2 Is It Right to Make a Robin? 17 James DiGiovanna 3 Batman's Virtuous Hatred 28 Stephen Kershnar PART TWO LAW, JUSTICE, AN D THE SOCIAL ORDER: WHERE DOES BATMAN FIT IN? 4 No Man's Land : Social Order in Gotham City and New Orleans 41 Brett Chandler Patterson 5 Governing Gotham 55 Tony Spanakos 6 The Joker's Wild: Can We Hold the Clown Prince Morally Responsible? 70 Christopher Robichaud PART THREE ORIGINS AND ETHICS: BECOMING THE CAPED CRUSADER 7 Batman's Promise 85 Randall M. Jensen 8 Should Bruce Wayne Have Become Batman? 101 Mahesh Ananth and Ben Dixon 9 What Would Batman Do? Bruce Wayne as Moral Exemplar 114 Ryan Indy Rhodes and David Kyle Johnson PART FOUR WHO IS THE BATMAN? (IS THAT A TRICK QUESTION?) 10 Under the Mask: How Any Person Can Become Batman 129 Sarah K. Donovan and Nicholas P. Richardson 11 Could Batman Have Been the Joker? 142 Sam Cowling and Chris Ragg 12 Batman's Identity Crisis and Wittgenstein's Family Resemblance 156 Jason Southworth 13 What Is It Like to Be a Batman? 167 Ron Novy PART FIVE BEING THE BAT: INSIGHTS FROM EXISTENTIALISM AND TAOISM 14 Alfred, the Dark Knight of Faith: Batman and Kierkegaard 183 Christopher M. Drohan 15 Dark Nights and the Call of Conscience 198 Jason J. Howard 16 Batman's Confrontation with Death, Angst, and Freedom 212 David M. Hart PART SIX FRIEND, FATHER, . . . RIVAL? TH E MANY ROLES OF THE BAT 17 Why Batman Is Better Than Superman 227 Galen Foresman 18 World's Finest . . . Friends? Batman,Superman, and the Nature of Friendship 239 Daniel P. Malloy 19 Leaving the Shadow of the Bat: Aristotle, Kant, and Dick Grayson on Moral Education 254 Carsten Fogh Nielsen 20 The Tao of the Bat 267 Bat-Tzu CONTRIBUTORS : The Clown Princes (and Princess) of Casuistry and Categorical Imperatives 279 INDEX : From the Secret Files of Oracle, Master Indexer to the DCU 285
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2008
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