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- ISBN
- 9780470413401
- Book Title
- X-Men and Philosophy : Astonishing Insight and Uncanny Argument in the Mutant X-Verse
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Philosophy
- Topic
- General, Comics & Graphic Novels
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 12.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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X-Men is one of the most popular comic book franchises ever, with successful spin-offs that include several feature films, cartoon series, bestselling video games, and merchandise. This is the first look at the deeper issues of the X-Men universe and the choices facing its powerful mutants, such as identity, human ethics versus mutant morality, and self-sacrifice. J. Jeremy Wisnewski (Oneonta, NY) is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Hartwick College and the editor of Family Guy and Philosophy (978-1-4051-6316-3) and The Office and Philosophy (978-1-4051-7555-5). Rebecca Housel (Rochester, NY) is a professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, where she teaches about writing and pop culture. For William Irwin's biography, please see below.
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Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0470413409
ISBN-13
9780470413401
eBay Product ID (ePID)
70955538
Product Key Features
Book Title
X-Men and Philosophy : Astonishing Insight and Uncanny Argument in the Mutant X-Verse
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, Comics & Graphic Novels
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Literary Criticism, Philosophy
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
12.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
11
Lc Classification Number
Pn6728.X2x24 2009
Table of Content
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: Superheroic Thanks to X-tra Special Humans and Mutants Alike! xi Introduction: You Are About to Embark on an X-perience with "the Strangest Heroes of All" 1 X1: ORIGINS THE X-FACTOR IN THE EXISTENTIAL 1. The Lure of the Normal: Who Wouldn't Want to Be a Mutant? 5 Patrick D. Hopkins 2. Amnesia, Personal Identity, and the Many Lives of Wolverine 17 Jason Southworth 3. Is Suicide Always Immoral? Jean Grey, Immanuel Kant, and The Dark Phoenix Saga 27 Mark D. White 4. X-istential X-Men: Jews, Supermen, and the Literature of Struggle 38 Jesse Kavadlo X2: EVOLUTION CONSCIOUSNESS, CONSCIENCE, AND CURE 5. Mad Genetics: The Sinister Side of Biological Mastery 53 Andrew Burnett 6. Layla Miller Knows Stuff: How a Butterfly Can Shoulder the World 66 George A. Dunn 7. X-Women and X-istence 85 Rebecca Housel 8. Mutant Rights, Torture, and X-perimentation 99 Cynthia McWilliams 9. When You Know You're Just a Comic Book Character: Deadpool 107 Joseph J. Darowski X3: UNITED HUMAN ETHICS AND MUTANT MORALITY IN THE X-VERSE 10. Magneto, Mutation, and Morality 125 Richard Davis 11. Professor X Wants You 140 Christopher Robichaud 12. Dirty Hands and Dirty Minds: The Ethics of Mind Reading and Mindwriting 153 Andrew Terjesen 13. The Mutant Cure or Social Change: Debating Disability 170 Ramona Ilea 14. Mutants and the Metaphysics of Race 183 Jeremy Pierce X4: TH E LAST STAND WAR, TECHNOLOGY, DEATH, AND MUTANTKIND 15. Mutant Phenomenology 197 J. Jeremy Wisnewski 16. War and Peace, Power and Faith 209 Katherine E. Kirby 17. High-Tech Mythology in X-Men 223 George Teschner CONTRIBUTORS: And Now, We'd Like to Introduce the X-Perts: Ladies and Gentlemen, the Amazing, Astonishing, Uncanny, Ultimate Authors from Xavier's School for Gifted Philosophers! 236 INDEX 241
Copyright Date
2009
Lccn
2008-045526
Dewey Decimal
741.5/973
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Ser.
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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