| Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale Contributor(s): South, James B. (Editor), Irwin, William (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0812695313 ISBN-13: 9780812695311 Publisher: Open Court OUR PRICE: $31.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2003 Annotation: This lively collection of essays links classical philosophy to the hit television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"--a show that explores the evil underlying everyday life, making it ripe for the kind of witty, penetrating philosophical analysis this book delivers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Good & Evil - Performing Arts | Television - History & Criticism - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 791.457 |
| LCCN: 2003001134 |
| Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.05 lbs) 350 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Twenty-three essays by young professional philosophers examine crucial ethical and metaphysical aspects of the Buffyverse (the world of Buffy). Though the show already attracted much scholarly attention, this is the first book to fully disinter the intellectual issues. Designed by Whedon as a multilevel story with most of its meanings deeply buried in heaps of heavy irony, Buffy the Vampire Slayer has replaced The X-Files as the show that explains to Americans the nature of the powerful forces of evil continually threatening to surge into our world of everyday decency and overwhelm it. In the tradition of the classic horror films Buffy the Vampire Slayer addresses ethical issues that have long fascinated audiences. This book draws out the ethical and metaphysical lessons from a pop-culture phenomenon. |