Comic books in 'Popular Culture and Philosophy'

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2nd and later printings. Rick, Lori, Shane, Carl, Dale, Andrea, and Michonne - human survivors of a zombie apocalypse - don't know much about philosophy, but philosophical ideas continue to shamble on through their world, and there's no excape from them. Guns, chainsaws, and machetes are not enough for survival: humans also need agreement on rules of conduct. Can equality or fairness have any place in the post-apocalyptic world? Do theft or even assault and murder become okay under desperate circumstances? The epic story of The Walking Dead focuses on the individual, social, and moral consequences of survival in a world overrun by zombies. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 288 pages, Text Only. Cover price $19.95.

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Popular Culture and Philosophy: Book 2 - 1st printing. "The D'oh! of Homer!" Edited by William Irwin, Mark T. Conrad and Aeon J. Skoble. An unconventional and lighthearted look into the ideas of the major Western philosophers. The authors look beyond the jokes, the crudeness, the attacks on society?and see a clever display of irony, social criticism, and philosophical thought. The book also examines the ethics and themes of the show, and concludes with discussions on how the series reflects the work of Aristotle, Marx, Camus, Sartre, and other thinkers. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 256 pages, Text Only. Cover price $17.95.

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Popular Culture and Philosophy: Book 2 - 2nd and later printings. "The D'oh! of Homer!" Edited by William Irwin, Mark T. Conrad and Aeon J. Skoble. An unconventional and lighthearted look into the ideas of the major Western philosophers. The authors look beyond the jokes, the crudeness, the attacks on society?and see a clever display of irony, social criticism, and philosophical thought. The book also examines the ethics and themes of the show, and concludes with discussions on how the series reflects the work of Aristotle, Marx, Camus, Sartre, and other thinkers. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 256 pages, Text Only. Cover price $17.95.

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Popular Culture and Philosophy: Book 5 - 1st printing. "One Book to Rule Them All!" Edited by Gregory Bassham and Eric Bronson. Whether it's Twilight, True Blood, Buffy, Blade or 30 Days of Night; movies, TV, books, or comics; vampires are everywhere! There are more zombie books, zombie movies, and zombie games than ever before. About the only thing vampires and zombies have in common is that they both want to bite us and put us at risk of becoming one of them. However, they both confront us with moral and metaphysical issues of life and death. Twenty-two leading thinkers present lessons we can learn from the various forms of Undeath! Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 304 pages, Text Only. Cover price $17.95.

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Popular Culture and Philosophy: Book 13 - 1st printing. "Truth, Justice and the Socratic Way!" Edited by Tom Morris and Matt Morris. The comic book superheroes — Superman, Batman, the Incredible Hulk, the Fantastic Four, X-Men, and many others — have proved to be a powerful and enduring thread in popular culture, a rich source of ideas for movie makers, novelists, and philosophers. Superheroes and Philosophy brings together 16 leading philosophers and some of the most creative people in the world of comics, from storywriters to editors to critics, to examine the deeper issues that resonate from the hyperbolic narratives and superhuman actions of this heroic world. The comic book narratives of superheroes wrestle with profound and disturbing issues in original ways: the definitions of good and evil, the limits of violence as an efficacious means, the perils of enforcing justice outside the law, the metaphysics of personal identity, and the definition of humanity. The book also features original artwork specially commissioned from some of the most popular of today's comic book artists. Softcover, 294 pages, Text only. Cover price $17.95.

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1st printing. Neil Gaiman is the imaginative wizard behind the best-selling novels American Gods and Anansi Boys, the series The Sandman, and popular children's books like Coraline and The Graveyard Book. Neil Gaiman and Philosophy looks at Gaiman's work through a philosophical lens. How does fantasy interact with reality and what can each tell us about the other? Do we each have other selves who embody different personal qualities? If the unknown influences the known, is the unknown just as real as the known? In Neil Gaiman and Philosophy, eighteen philosophers explore Gaiman's best-loved and unforgettable worlds. Softcover, 6-in.x 9-in., 288 pages, text. Cover price $19.95.