عنوان

Batman and philosophy :the dark knight of the soul

9780470270301 (pbk.)

0470270306 (pbk.)

GBA851235

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Edited by Mark D. White and Robert Arp

Batman and philosophy :the dark knight of the soul

Hoboken, N.J. :

John Wiley & Sons,

2008

ix, 294 p.:illus; 23 cm

The blackwell philosophy and pop culture series

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Includes index

Introduction: Riddle me this-- -- Does the Dark Knight always do right? -- Why doesn't Batman kill the joker? / Mark D. White -- Is it right to make a Robin? / James DiGiovanna -- Batman's virtuous hatred / Stephen Kershnar -- Law, justice, and the social order : where does Batman fit in? -- No man's land : social order in Gotham City and New Orleans / Brett Chandler Patterson -- Governing Gotham / Tony Spanakos -- The Joker's wild : can we hold the Clown Prince morally responsible? / Christopher Robichaud -- Origins and ethics : becoming the Caped Crusader -- Batman's promise / Randall M. Jensen -- Should Bruce Wayne have become Batman? / Mahesh Ananth and Ben Dixon -- What would Batman do? : Bruce Wayne as moral exemplar / Ryan Indy Rhodes and David Kyle Johnson -- Who is the Batman? (Is that a trick question?) -- Under the mask : how any person can become Batman / Sarah K. Donovan and Nicholas P. Richardson -- Could Batman have been the Joker? / Sam Cowling and Chris Ragg -- Batman's identity crisis and Wittgenstein's family resemblance / Jason Southworth -- What is it like to be a Batman? / Ron Novy -- Being the Bat : insights from existentialism and taoism -- Alfred, the Dark Knight of faith : Batman and Kierkegaard / Christopher M. Drohan -- Dark nights and the call of conscience / Jason J. Howard -- Batman's confrontation with death, angst, and freedom / David M. Hart -- Friend, father-- rival? : the many roles of the Bat -- Why Batman is better than Superman / Galen

Batman (Fictitious character)

عنوان

Arp, Robert.

White, Mark D.,

1971-

editor

editor