Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy
Subtitle: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale
By: edited by James B. South.
Contributors: South, James B., 1960-
Series: Popular culture and philosophy ;
Publisher: Open Court
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
Subjects: Buffy, the vampire slayer (Television program) -- Miscellanea.; Motion pictures -- Philosophy.
Description: In the tradition of classic horror films, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" addresses ethical issues that have long fascinated audiences. This collection features 23 essays by young professional philosophers that examine crucial ethical and metaphysical aspectsof the "Buffyverse" (the world of Buffy).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: ''What a lot of fun--you guys have been real swell.'' -- Acknowledgments
pagenum: ix; title: ''And was there a lesson in all this?'' -- Introduction
pagenum: 1; label: Codex i
title: ''It's kind of a Slayer thing'' -- Buffy, Faith, and Feminism
pagenum: 5; label: Chapter 1
title: Faith and Plato: "You're nothing! Disgusting, murderous bitch!" -- Greg Forster
pagenum: 7; label: Chapter 2
title: Also Sprach Faith: the Problem of the Happy Rogue Vampire Slayer -- Karl Schudt
pagenum: 20; label: Chapter 3
title: "The I in Team": Buffy and Feminist Ethics -- Jessica Prata Miller
pagenum: 35; label: Chapter 4
title: ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' as Feminist ''Noir'' -- Thomas Hibbs
pagenum: 49; label: Chapter 5
title: Feminism and the Ethics of Violence: Why Buffy Kicks Ass -- Mimi Marinucci
pagenum: 61; label: Codex ii
title: ''Don't speak Latin in front of the books'' -- Knowledge, Rationality, and Science in the Buffyverse
pagenum: 77; label: Chapter 6
title: Balderdash and Chicanery: Science and Beyond -- Andrew Aberdein
pagenum: 79; label: Chapter 7
title: Pluralism, Pragmatism, and Pals: The Slayer Subverts the Science Wars -- Madeline M. Muntersbjorn
pagenum: 91; label: Chapter 8
title: Between Heaven and Hells: The Multidimensional Universe in Kant and ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' -- James Lawler
pagenum: 103; label: Chapter 9
title: Buffy Goes to College, Adam Murders to Dissect: Education and Knowledge in Postmodernity -- Toby Daspit
pagenum: 117; label: Chapter 10
title: "My God, It's Like a Greek Tragedy": Willow Rosenberg and Human Irrationality -- James B. South
pagenum: 131; label: Codex iii
title: ''You're really enjoying this whole moral superiority thing, aren't you?” -- Buffy and Ethics
pagenum: 147; label: Chapter 11
title: Should We Do What Buffy Would Do? -- Jason Kawal
pagenum: 149; label: Chapter 12
title: Passion and Action: in and Out of Control -- Carolyn Korsmeyer
pagenum: 160; label: Chapter 13
title: Buffy in the Buff: A Slayer's Solution to Aristotle's Love Paradox -- Melissa M. Milavec and Sharon M. Kaye
pagenum: 173; label: Chapter 14
title: A Kantian Analysis of Moral Judgment in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' -- Scott R. Stroud
pagenum: 185; label: Codex iv
title: ''That's the kind of wooly-headed thinking that leads to being eaten'' -- Religion and Politics in the Buffyverse
pagenum: 195; label: Chapter 15
title: Brownskirts: Fascism, Christianity, and the Eternal Demon -- Neal King
pagenum: 197; label: Chapter 16
title: Prophecy Girl and The Powers That Be: The Philosophy of Religion in the Buffyverse -- Wendy Love Anderson
pagenum: 212; label: Chapter 17
title: Justifying the Means: Punishment in the Buffyverse -- Jacob M. Held
pagenum: 227; label: Chapter 18
title: No Big Win: Themes of Sacrifice, Salvation, and Redemption -- Gregory J. Sakal
pagenum: 239; label: Chapter 19
title: Old Familiar Vampires: The Politics of the Buffyverse -- Jeffrey L. Pasley
pagenum: 254; label: Codex v
title: ''You're all slaves to the television'' -- Watching Buffy
pagenum: 269; label: Chapter 20
title: Morality on Television: The Case of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' -- Richard Greene and Wayne Yuen
pagenum: 271; label: Chapter 21
title: High School Is Hell: Metaphor Made Literal in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' -- Tracy Little
pagenum: 282; label: Chapter 22
title: Feeling for Buffy: The Girl Next Door -- Michael Levine and Steven Jay Schneider
pagenum: 294; title: ''I have a hard enough time remembering what happened last week.'' -- A Guide to ''BtVS'' and ''Angel'' Episodes
pagenum: 309; title: ''Oh yeah? Let's look at your bio.'' -- About the Authors
pagenum: 317; title: ''We've got a lot of important work here: a lot of filing, giving things names.'' -- Index
pagenum: 323