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  • Wicked Leadership in Film

    de Bruce Peabody ...
    Series series Politics, Literature, & Film
    Wicked Leadership in Film offers a novel theory of how leaders can contend with so-called “wicked problems,” a class of important, entrenched, and far-reaching political and social challenges (such as climate change or mental illness) that resist ordinary policies and problem solving. Bruce Peabody’s relational theory is built on two central claims. First, it holds that we cannot confront wicked ... Leer más

    $85.99 USD

  • Beyond the Living Dead

    Essays on the Romero Legacy

    Edición de Bruce Peabody, Gloria Pastorino ...
    Series series Contributions to Zombie Studies
    In 1968, George Romero's film Night of the Living Dead premiered, launching a growing preoccupation with zombies within mass and literary fiction, film, television, and video games. Romero's creativity and enduring influence make him a worthy object of inquiry in his own right, and his long career helps us take stock of the shifting interest in zombies since the 1960s. Examining his work promotes ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • Political Theory on Death and Dying

    Edición de Erin A. Dolgoy, Kimberly Hurd Hale, Bruce Peabody ...
    Political Theory on Death and Dying provides a comprehensive, encyclopedic review that compiles and curates the latest scholarship, research, and debates on the political and social implications of death and dying.Adopting an easy-to-follow chronological and multi-disciplinary approach on 45 canonical figures and thinkers, leading scholars from a diverse range of fields, including political ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD

  • Short Stories and Political Philosophy

    Power, Prose, and Persuasion

    de Timothy McCranor, Michael Christopher Sardo, Natalie Fuehrer Taylor, Drew Kennedy Thompson, Abram Trosky, Steven Michels, Erin A. Dolgoy, Kimberly Hurd Hale, Mary P. Nichols0, Bruce Peabody1 ...
    Series series Politics, Literature, & Film
    Short Stories and Political Philosophy: Power, Prose, and Persuasion explores the relationship between fictional short stories and the classic works of political philosophy. This edited volume addresses the innovative ways that short stories grapple with the same complex political and moral questions, concerns, and problems studied in the fields of political philosophy and ethics. The volume is ... Leer más

    $97.99 USD

  • Flattering the Demos

    Fiction and Democratic Education

    de Marlene K. Sokolon, James Beneda, Alexandra Manoliu, Steven Orr, Bruce Peabody, Derval Ryan, Kimberly Hurd Hale, Travis D. Smith ...
    Series series Politics, Literature, & Film
    This volume brings together reflections on the relationship between politics and storytelling, especially within the democratic context. Examples are drawn from the ancient and modern worlds, from classical Greek tragedy and Shakespeare to television, science fiction, and comic books, in order to examine the relationship between the philosophical and the poetical. As a political phenomenon, ... Leer más

    $93.99 USD

  • Where Have All the Heroes Gone?

    The Changing Nature of American Valor

    de Bruce Peabody, Krista Jenkins ...
    From the men and women associated with the American Revolution and Civil War to the seminal figures in the struggles for civil and women's rights, Americans have been fascinated with icons of great achievement, or at least reputation. But who spins today's narratives about American heroism, and to what end? In Where Have All the Heroes Gone?, Bruce Peabody and Krista Jenkins draw on the concept of ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

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  • X-Men and Philosophy

    Astonishing Insight and Uncanny Argument in the Mutant X-Verse

    Edición de William Irwin, Rebecca Housel, J. Jeremy Wisnewski ...
    Series Libro 11 - The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
    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 ... Leer más

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  • A Brief History of Thought

    A Philosophical Guide to Living

    de Luc Ferry ...
    Series series Learning to Live
    "Succinct and accessible" this international bestselling survey is "perfect for anyone who wants to dip their toe into the waters of philosophy" (Matt Haig, Washington Post).From the timeless wisdom of the ancient Greeks to Christianity, the Enlightenment, existentialism, and postmodernism, Luc Ferry's instant classic brilliantly and accessibly explains the enduring teachings of philosophy ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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  • Closing of the American Mind

    de Allan Bloom ...
    The brilliant, controversial, bestselling critique of American culture that “hits with the approximate force and effect of electroshock therapy” (The New York Times)—now featuring a new afterword by Andrew Ferguson in a twenty-fifth anniversary edition.In 1987, eminent political philosopher Allan Bloom published The Closing of the American Mind, an appraisal of contemporary America that “hits with ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • A Comics Studies Reader

    Edición de Jeet Heer, Kent Worcester ...
    A Comics Studies Reader offers the best of the new comics scholarship in nearly thirty essays on a wide variety of such comics forms as gag cartoons, editorial cartoons, comic strips, comic books, manga, and graphic novels.The anthology covers the pioneering work of Rodolphe Töpffer, the Disney comics of Carl Barks, and the graphic novels of Art Spiegelman and Chris Ware, as well as Peanuts, ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • What is Good?

    The Search for the Best Way to Live

    de Prof A.C. Grayling ...
    A.C. Grayling answers the most important question - How do we live a good life?One of the most fundamental questions in our life is to find out what we value - what principles we want to live by and which codes we will use to guide our behaviour. Most of us want to live a good life. But what, in today's secular society, does 'good' actually mean?To classical Greeks, the acquisition of knowledge, ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • The Philosophy of Horror

    Edición de Thomas Fahy ...
    Series series The Philosophy of Popular Culture
    Sitting on pins and needles, anxiously waiting to see what will happen next, horror audiences crave the fear and exhilaration generated by a terrifying story; their anticipation is palpable. But they also breathe a sigh of relief when the action is over, when they are able to close their books or leave the movie theater. Whether serious, kitschy, frightening, or ridiculous, horror not only arouses ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD