UID:
almahu_9948197957502882
Format:
1 online resource (277 pages)
ISBN:
9781118541692
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1118541693
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9781118541821
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1118541820
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9781118589045
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1118589041
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9781118541753
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1118541758
Series Statement:
The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
Content:
Go beyond the cape and into the mind of the Man of Steel, in time for release of Zack Snyder's Man of Steel movie and Superman's 75th anniversary He has thrilled millions for 75 years, with a legacy that transcends national, cultural, and generational borders, but is there more to the Man of Steel than just your average mythic superhero in a cape? The 20 chapters in this book present a fascinating exploration of some of the deeper philosophical questions raised by Superman, the Last Son of Krypton and the newest hero in the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture arsenal.
Note:
The Truth About Truth and Justice.
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Cover; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Introduction: It's a Bird, It's a Plane ... It's Philosophy!; Part One: THE BIG BLUE BOY SCOUT; Chapter 1: Moral Judgment; The Trinity of Moral Philosophy; But Like Superpowers, Ethics Only Gets You So Far; Tragic Dilemma in Your Pocket (Universe); I'm Walkin', Yes Indeed; Superman Did What?; What Makes Superman Human; Chapter 2: Action Comics!; It's Practically Reasonable; More Powerful Than a Locomotive; We Could Be Heroes ... ; Superman vs. the Calculator; Faster Than a Speeding Bullet; The Virtues of Being Super; So Whom Does He Save?
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Chapter 3: Can the Man of TomorrowBe the Journalist of Today?The Face and the Voice; A Reporter's Story; The Reporter of Steel; Superman Confidential: Seek Truth and Report It; The Big Forget: Act Independently; Wicked Business! Minimize Harm; Fatal Flaw?; Chapter 4: Could Superman Have Joined the Third Reich?; ... Or Not; The Moral Education of a Superman; Superman: Son of the Third Reich; In the End, Hitler Still Loses; Part Two: TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND THE AMERICAN WAY; Chapter 5: Clark Kent Is Superman!; What Is the Secret?; Superman for President!; The Secret Revealed!; Opening the Shirt.
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Letting in LoisIn the Vault; Chapter 6: Superman and Justice; It's All About Personal Liberty; Truth, Libertarian Justice, and the American Way; Great Rawls!; Behind the (Lead-Lined) Veil of Ignorance; Occupy Metropolis; Superman's Greatest Foe?; Chapter 7: Is Superman an American Icon?; Is Superman Giving Up on the American Way?; My Country, Right or Wrong-But Mostly Right; Can Superman Be a Citizen of the World?; Cosmopolitanism Then and Now; The Appearance of Impropriety; Act Locally, Think Globally; Part Three: THE WILL TO SUPERPOWER.
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Chapter 8: Rediscovering Nietzsche's Übermensch in Superman as a Heroic IdealTruth, Justice, and the Nietzschean Way; Putting the Über into the Übermensch; The Nietzschean Superman; Superman vs. Clark Kent; S Is for Savior; Kneel Before Zod!; Perhaps ... Lex Luthor?; Nietzschean Übermensch, American Christ, or Both?; Chapter 9: Superman or Last Man; Survival of the Weakest; Introducing Superman-Whether We Need Him or Not; Waiting for Superman; Resignation Superman; Singer vs. Nietzsche; It Ain't Easy Being Blue; Is He Worth It?; Chapter 10: Superman; Übermensch as Anti-Christ.
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Lex Luthor: Super-Man?Jesus Without the Christ; Moral Illumination; Trinitarian Movie Mythos; Is Superman Christ or a Christ-Type?; Seduction of the Innocent?; Chapter 11: Superman Must Be Destroyed!; A Man Who Writes His Own Script; An Iconoclast; One Man Is an Island; The Anti-Hero of Faith; Existentialists Gone Wild!; Part Four: THE ULTIMATE HERO; Chapter 12: Superman's Revelation; The Never-Ending Battle; Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World2; Kingdom Come; Superman's Dilemma; Good Violence vs. Bad Violence; Sacred Violence; Caution: Mythology at Work.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Irwin, William. Superman and Philosophy : What Would the Man of Steel Do? New York : Wiley, ©2013 ISBN 9781118018095
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118541821
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