White Superman and Philosophy

What Would the Man of Steel Do?
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-54169-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series

Go beyond the cape and into the mind of the Man of Steel, intime for release of Zack Snyder's Man of Steel movie andSuperman's 75th anniversary
He has thrilled millions for 75 years, with a legacy thattranscends national, cultural, and generational borders, but isthere more to the Man of Steel than just your average mythicsuperhero in a cape? The 20 chapters in this book present afascinating exploration of some of the deeper philosophicalquestions raised by Superman, the Last Son of Krypton and thenewest hero in the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culturearsenal.

Autoren/Hrsg.

White, Mark D.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Irwin, William

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: It's a Bird, It's a Plane ...It's Philosophy! 1
Part One The Big Blue Boy Scout: Ethics, Judgment, and Reason3
1 Moral Judgment: The Power That Makes Superman Human 5
Mark D. White
2 Action Comics! Superman and Practical Reason 16
Brian Feltham
3 Can the Man of Tomorrow Be the Journalist of Today? 26
Jason Southworth and Ruth Tallman
4 Could Superman Have Joined the Third Reich? The Importance andShortcomings of Moral Upbringing 37
Robert Sharp
Part Two Truth, Justice, and the American Way: What Do TheyMean? 47
5 Clark Kent Is Superman! The Ethics of Secrecy 49
Daniel P. Malloy
6 Superman and Justice 61
Christopher Robichaud
7 Is Superman an American Icon? 71
Andrew Terjesen
Part Three The Will to Superpower: Nietzsche, theÜbermensch, and Existentialism 83
8 Rediscovering Nietzsche's Übermensch in Superman asa Heroic Ideal 85
Arno Bogaerts
9 Superman or Last Man: The Ethics of Superpower 101
David Gadon
10 Superman: From Anti-Christ to Christ-Type 111
Adam Barkman
11 Superman Must Be Destroyed! Lex Luthor as ExistentialistAnti-Hero 121
Sarah K. Donovan and Nicholas Richardson
Part Four The Ultimate Hero: What Do We Expect from Superman?131
12 Superman's Revelation: The Problem of Violence inKingdom Come 133
David Hatfield
13 A World Without a Clark Kent? 145
Randall M. Jensen
14 The Weight of the World: How Much Is Superman MorallyResponsible For? 157
Audrey L. Anton
Part Five Superman and Humanity: A Match Made on Krypton?169
15 Superman and Man: What a Kryptonian Can Teach Us AboutHumanity 171
Leonard Finkelman
16 Can the Man of Steel Feel Our Pain? Sympathy and Superman181
Andrew Terjesen
17 World's Finest Philosophers: Superman and Batman onHuman Nature 194
Carsten Fogh Nielsen
Part Six Of Superman and Superminds: Who Is Superman, Anyway?205
18 "It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's... Clark Kent?" Superman and the Problem of Identity207
Nicolas Michaud
19 Superman Family Resemblance 217
Dennis Knepp
20 Why Superman Should Not Be Able to Read Minds 225
Mahesh Ananth
Contributors: Trapped in the Philosophy Zone 237
Index: From Brainiac's Files 243

Über Autor(innen)

Mark D. White is chair of the Department of Political Science, Economics, and Philosophy at the College of Staten Island/CUNY, where he teaches courses in economics, philosophy, and law. He has edited and coedited many books in the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series, including Batman and Philosophy, Watchmen and Philosophy, Iron Man and Philosophy, and The Avengers and Philosophy.
William Irwin is Professor of Philosophy at King's College in Pennsylvania. He originated the philosophy and popular culture genre of books as coeditor of the bestselling The Simpsons and Philosophy and has overseen recent titles including House and Philosophy, Batman and Philosophy, and Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy.