The ultimate Game of Thrones and philosophy : you think or die / edited by Eric J. Silverman and Robert Arp.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Silverman, Eric J., 1971- editor.

Arp, Robert, editor.

Series:

Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 105.

Popular culture and philosophy ; volume 105

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Game of thrones (Television program).

Philosophy--Miscellanea.

Philosophy.

Genre:

Trivia and miscellanea.

Physical Description:

x, 276 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Open Court, [2017]

Contents:

I Life Is Not a Song 1

1 Arya Stark as a Rough Hero / E.M. Dadlez Dadlez, E.M. 3

2 Ned Stark: One Man in Ten Thousand / Christopher C. Kirby Kirby, Christopher C. 11

3 There's Only One God and His Name Is Death / Matthew McKeever McKeever, Matthew 19

4 Tyrion's Humor / Jarno Hietalahti Hietalahti, Jarno 27

5 Guilty of Being a Dwarf / Kimberly S. Engels Engels, Kimberly S. 37

6 Jaime the Savior / Danielle Karim Cox Cox, Danielle Karim, Jonathan Cox Cox, Jonathan 45

7 Jon Snow, a Misshapen Christ Figure / Evan Rosa Rosa, Evan 53

8 Brienne and the Struggle for Recognition / Paul Giladi Giladi, Paul 61

III Power Is Power

9 Varys's Riddle-Where Does Power Come From? / Jason Iuliano Iuliano, Jason 71

10 How to Be Free / Lauren O'Connell O'Connell, Lauren, Roberto Sirvent Sirvent, Roberto 79

11 The Iron Bank Will Have Its Due / Jeff Ewing Ewing, Jeff 85

12 Margaery for Queen! / Tim Jones Jones, Tim 93

13 Bran, Hodor, and Disability in Westeros / Jeremy Pierce Pierce, Jeremy 101

IV The Things I Do for Love 109

14 The Gods Hate Incest / Adam Barkman Barkman, Adam 111

15 Joffrey on the Couch / James Wills Wills, James 119

16 Hope for Bastards and Sand Snakes / Aurélia Desveaux Desveaux, Aurélia 127

17 Sex, Consent, and Rape in Westeros / Lori J. Underwood Underwood, Lori J. 133

V 1 Swear before the Old Gods and the New 141

18 Gods and Beetles / Kody W. Cooper Cooper, Kody W. 143

19 Prophetic Foreknowledge in Game of Thrones / Steph Rennick Rennick, Steph 151

20 Cersei, Sansa, and the Problem of Evil / Trip McCrossin McCrossin, Trip 159

21 Stannis-Knight of Faith or Tragic Hero? / William J. Devlin Devlin, William J. 167

22 The Many-Faced God and Indian Philosophy / Hans Van Eyghen Eyghen, Hans Van 175

VI Knowledge Is Power 183

23 How Can We Know Anything in a World of Magic and Miracles? / Erik Baldwin Baldwin, Erik 185

24 Samwell Tarly's Renaissance / Artur Matos Alves Alves, Artur Matos 193

25 Should Catelyn Have Trusted Brienne? / Tyler Dalton McNabb McNabb, Tyler Dalton, Max Andrews Andrews, Max 199

VII You Think I Would Trade My Honor? 207

26 Horrifying Violence, Gratuitous Sex, and the Truth / Eric J. Silverman Silverman, Eric J. 209

27 Was the Red Wedding Massacre a Good Thing? / Willem Van Der Deijl Deijl, Willem Van Der 217

28 Severed Heads, Dirty Hands / Viktor Ivankovic Ivankovic, Viktor, Zlata Bozac Bozac, Zlata 225

29 The Best of Friends / Wesley Geyer Geyer, Wesley 233

30 Trying to Do Good with Arya, Tyrion, and the Hound / Robert C. Thomas Thomas, Robert C. 241

31 Paying the Iron Price / Tom Hansberger Hansberger, Tom 249.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-262) and index.

Contains:

Dadlez, E. M. (Eva M.), 1956- Arya Stark as a rough hero.

Kirby, Christopher C. Ned Stark: one man in ten thousand.

McKeever, Matthew. There's only one god and his name is death.

Hietalahti, Jarno. Tyrion's humor.

Engels, Kimberly S. Guilty of being a dwarf.

Cox, Danielle Karim. Jaime the savior.

Rosa, Evan. Jon Snow, a Misshapen Christ figure.

Giladi, Paul. Brienne and the struggle for recognition.

Iuliano, Jason. Varys's riddle--where does power come from?

O'Connell, Lauren, 1988- How to be free.

ISBN:

9780812699500

0812699505

OCLC:

964582612