Iron Man and philosophy
Subtitle: facing the Stark reality
By: edited by Mark D. White
Series: The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series; Blackwell philosophy and popculture series
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; Wiley
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780470482186
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: The nuts and bolts of Tony Stark. The stark madness of technology / George A. Dunn; title: The technological subversion of technology : Tony Stark, Heidegger, and the subject of resistance / Rocco Gangle; title: The literal making of a superhero / Travis N. Rieder; title: Part II: Wearing the armor responsibly. Can Iron Man atone for Tony Stark's wrongs? / Christopher Robichaud; title: Did Iron Man kill Captain America? / Mark D. White; title: Fate at the bottom of a bottle : alcohol and Tony Stark / Ron Novy; title: Part III: The iron age : Tony Stark's role in society. Tony Stark and "the gospel of wealth" / Andrew Terjesen; title: [Tradmark symbol] and [copyright symbol] Stark industries : Iron Man and property rights / Daniel P. Malloy; title: Tony Stark, philosopher king of the future? / Tony Spanakos; title: Part IV: The mind inside the Iron Man. Iron Man in a Chinese room : does living armor think? / Ron Novy; title: Flexing his intelligence : Tony Stark's brainy brawn / Phillip S. Seng; title: Does Tony Stark have an iron will? / Mark D. White; title: Part V: The virtue of an avenger. Does Tony Stark use a moral compass? / Sarah K. Donovan and Nicholas P. Richardson; title: Flawed heroes and courageous villains : Plato, Aristotle, and Iron Man on the unity of the virtues / Carsten Fogh Nielsen; title: "I have a good life" : Iron Man and the avenger school of virtue / Stephanie Patterson and Brett Patterson; title: Part VI: What it means to be an iron man. Iron Man and the problem of progress / David Valleau Curtis; title: Engendering justice in Iron Man / Rebecca Housel and Gary Housel; title: Iron Man's transcendent challenge / Stephen Faller.