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X-Men and Philosophy
Astonishing Insight and Uncanny Argument in the Mutant X-Verse
William Irwin (Edited by), W Irwin (Author), Rebecca Housel (Edited by), J. Jeremy Wisnewski (Edited by)
9780470413401, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 20 March 2009
272 pages, Photos: 7 B&W, 0 Color; Drawings: 1 B&W, 0 Color
23 x 15.3 x 1.8 cm, 0.363 kg
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) is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Hartwick College and the editor of Family Guy and Philosophy (978-1-4051-6316-3) and The Office and Philosophy (978-1-4051-7555-5). Rebecca Housel (Rochester, NY) is a professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, where she teaches about writing and pop culture. For William Irwin's biography, please see below.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: Superheroic Thanks to X-tra Special Humans and Mutants Alike! xi X1: ORIGINS THE X-FACTOR IN THE EXISTENTIAL 1. The Lure of the Normal: Who Wouldn’t Want to Be a Mutant? 5 2. Amnesia, Personal Identity, and the Many Lives of Wolverine 17 3. Is Suicide Always Immoral? Jean Grey, Immanuel Kant, and The Dark Phoenix Saga 27 4. X-istential X-Men: Jews, Supermen, and the Literature of Struggle 38 X2: EVOLUTION CONSCIOUSNESS, CONSCIENCE, AND CURE 5. Mad Genetics: The Sinister Side of Biological Mastery 53 6. Layla Miller Knows Stuff: How a Butterfly Can Shoulder the World 66 7. X-Women and X-istence 85 8. Mutant Rights, Torture, and X-perimentation 99 9. When You Know You’re Just a Comic Book Character: Deadpool 107 X3: UNITED HUMAN ETHICS AND MUTANT MORALITY IN THE X-VERSE 10. Magneto, Mutation, and Morality 125 11. Professor X Wants You 140 12. Dirty Hands and Dirty Minds: The Ethics of Mind Reading and Mindwriting 153 13. The Mutant Cure or Social Change: Debating Disability 170 14. Mutants and the Metaphysics of Race 183 X4: TH E LAST STAND WAR, TECHNOLOGY, DEATH, AND MUTANTKIND 15. Mutant Phenomenology 197 16. War and Peace, Power and Faith 209 17. High-Tech Mythology in X-Men 223 CONTRIBUTORS: And Now, We’d Like to Introduce the X-Perts: Ladies and Gentlemen, the Amazing, Astonishing, Uncanny, Ultimate Authors from Xavier’s School for Gifted Philosophers! 236 INDEX 241
Introduction: You Are About to Embark on an X-perience with “the Strangest Heroes of All” 1
Patrick D. Hopkins
Jason Southworth
Mark D. White
Jesse Kavadlo
Andrew Burnett
George A. Dunn
Rebecca Housel
Cynthia McWilliams
Joseph J. Darowski
Richard Davis
Christopher Robichaud
Andrew Terjesen
Ramona Ilea
Jeremy Pierce
J. Jeremy Wisnewski
Katherine E. Kirby
George Teschner
Subject Areas: Philosophy [HP]
