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Politics in Gotham The Batman Universe and Political Thought
Title
Politics in Gotham [electronic resource] : The Batman Universe and Political Thought / edited by Damien K. Picariello.
ISBN
9783030057763
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Physical Description
1 online resource (XV, 237 p.) 8 illus.
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Summary
In Politics in Gotham, scholars from a variety of fields—political science, philosophy, law, and others—provide answers to the question: “What does Batman have to do with politics?” Contributors use the Batman canon, from the comics to the feature films, to explore a broad range of issues in politics and political thought. What can Batman’s role in Gotham City teach us about democracy? How do Batman’s vigilantism and his violence fit within a society committed to the rule of law? What’s the relationship between politics in Gotham and politics in our own communities? From Machiavelli to the fake news phenomenon, this book provides a compelling introduction to the politics behind one of the world’s most enduring pop culture figures.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 27, 2019
Contents
1. Introduction: I Don’t Want Batman as President
2. Justice Unmasked
3. The Dark Knight: Toward a Democratic Tragedy
4. The Heroism of ‘Sober Expectations’
5. Deconstructing Batman’s Legitimacy: The Radical Political Critique of Christopher Nolan’s Batman Cycle
6. Batman the Noble Dog: The Costs of Spiritedness for the Individual and Society
7. The Dark Prince of the Republic: Machiavelli, Batman, and Gotham City
8. The Lion, the Fox, and the Bat: The Animal Nature of Machiavelli’s The Prince and Batman
9. Criminal Justice in Gotham: The Role of the Dark Knight
10. The Retributive Knight
11. Politics as ‘the Product of Everything You Fear’: Scarecrow as Phobia Entrepreneur
12. #FAKENEWS in Gotham City
13. Batgirls and the Politics of Feminism in Gotham
14. Dawn of Justice: Accountability, Revisioning, and Batman in the 21st Century.
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