Picariello Politics in Gotham

The Batman Universe and Political Thought
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-05776-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 237 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Picariello, Damien K.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Damien K. Picariello is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of South Carolina Sumter, USA