The avengers and philosophy : Earth's mightiest thinkers / edited by Mark D. White.
"An engaging look at the philosophical underpinnings of Earth's Mightiest Heroes-timed for the release of Joss Whedon's long-awaited film adaptation Avengers, assemble! Tackling intriguing dilemmas and issues that no single great philosopher can withstand, this powerful book enlists t...
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| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
[2012]
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| Series: | Blackwell philosophy and popculture series ;
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Table of Contents:
- Superhuman ethics class with the Avengers prime / Mark D. White
- Shining the light on the dark Avengers / Sarah Donovan and Nick Richardson
- The Avengers : earth's mightiest family / Jason Southworth and Ruth Tallman
- Superhero identity : case studies in the Avengers / Stephen M. Nelson
- I am made of ink : She-Hulk and metacomics / Roy T. Cook
- The self-corruption of Norman Osborn : a cautionary tale / Robert Powell
- Forgivers assemble! / Daniel P. Malloy
- Gods, beasts, and political animals : why the Avengers assemble / Tony Spanakos
- Cap's kooky quartet : is rehabilitation possible? / Andrew Terjesen
- Fighting the good fight : military ethics and the Kree-Skrull War / Christopher Robichaud
- Secrets and lies : compromising the Avenger's values for the good of the world / Louis P. Melanc̀§on
- The Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. : the problem with proactive superheroics / Arno Bogaerts
- Can Kang kill his past self? The paradox of time travel / Andrew Zimmerman Jones
- "No Other Gods Before Me" : God, ontology, and ethics in the Avengers' universe / Adam Barkman
- Love Avengers style : can an android love a human? / Charles Klayman
- The way of the arrow : Hawkeye meets the Taoist masters / Mark D. White.