The ultimate Star Wars and philosophy : you must unlearn what you have learned /
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| Imprint: | Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2015. |
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| Description: | x, 324 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Blackwell philosophy and popculture series Blackwell philosophy and popculture series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10379442 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments: Legacy of the Force
- Introduction: "The Circle Is Now Complete"
- I. The Philosophical Menace
- 1. The Platonic Paradox of Darth Plagueis: How Could a Sith Lord Be Wise?
- 2. "You Are Asking Me to Be Rational": Stoic Philosophy and the Jedi Order
- 3. The Jedi Knights of Faith: Anakin, Luke, and Søren (Kierkegaard)
- 4. Anakin and Achilles: Scars of Nihilism
- 5. Dark Times: The End of the Republic and the Beginning of Chinese Philosophy
- II. Attack of the Morals
- 6. Chasing Kevin Smith: Was It Immoral for the Rebel Alliance to Destroy Death Star II?
- 7. The Ballad of Boba Fett: Mercenary Agency and Amoralism in War
- 8. How Guilty Is Jar Jar Binks?
- 9. "Know the Dark Side": A Theodicy of the Force
- III. Revenge of the Alliance
- 10. "Like My Father before Me": Loss and Redemption of Fatherhood in Star Wars
- 11. The Friends of a Jedi: Friendship, Family, and Civic Duty in a Galaxy at War
- 12. Light Side, Dark Side, and Switching Sides: Loyalty and Betrayal in Star Wars
- 13. Guardians and Tyrants in the Republics of Star Wars and Plato
- IV. A New Hermeneutic
- 14. Pregnant Padmé and Slave Leia: Star Wars' Female Role Models
- 15. Docile Bodies and a Viscous Force: Fear of the Flesh in Return of the Jedi
- 16. Of Battle Droids and Zillo Beasts: Moral Status in the Star Wars Galaxy
- V. Metaphysics Strikes Back
- 17. Why the Force Must Have a Dark Side
- 18. What Is It Like to Be a Jedi? A Life in the Force
- 19. "Never Tell Me the Odds": An Inquiry Concerning Jedi Understanding
- VI. Return of the Non-Human
- 20. Mindless Philosophers and Overweight Globs of Grease: Are Droids Capable of Thought?
- 21. Can Chewie Speak? Wittgenstein and the Philosophy of Language
- 22. Can the Zillo Beast Strike Back? Cloning, De-extinction, and the Species Problem
- VII. The Fandom Awakens
- 23. "In That Time ..." in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Epic Myth-Understandings and Myth-Appropriation in Star Wars
- 24. Star Wars, Emotions, and the Paradox of Fiction
- 25. The Mind of Blue Snaggletooth: The Intentional Stance, Vintage Star Wars Action Figures, and the Origins of Religion
- 26. Gospel, Gossip, and Ghent: How Should We Understand the New Star Wars?
- Contributors: Troopers of the 501st Legion
- Index