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Green Lantern and philosophy : no evil shall escape this book / edited by Jane Dryden and Mark D. White.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Blackwell philosophy and popculture series.
- Blackwell philosophy and popculture series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Green Lantern (Fictitious character).
- Comic books, strips, etc--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Philosophy in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (304 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The first look at the philosophy behind the Green Lantern comics-timed for the release of the Green Lantern movie in June 2011 The most recent Green Lantern series-Blackest Night-propelled GL to be the top-selling comic series for more than a year, the latest twist in seven decades of Green Lantern adventures. This book sheds light on the deep philosophical issues that emerge from the Green Lantern Corps's stories and characters, from what Plato's tale of the Ring of Gyges tells us about the Green Lantern ring and the desire for power to whether willpower is the m
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Will and emotion : the philosophical spectrum
- pt. 2. Emerald ethics : it's not all black and white
- pt. 3. I'm with Green Lantern : Friends and relationships
- pt. 4. With this ring, I do swear : power, duty, and law
- pt. 5. Don't tell Krona : metaphysics, mind, and time
- pt. 6. Can Green Lantern make a boxing glove he can't lift? : powers and limitations.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613052421
- 9781118003299
- 1118003292
- 9781283052429
- 1283052423
- 9781118003275
- 1118003276
- OCLC:
- 726826891
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