True blood and philosophy : we wanna think bad things with you

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    • Dunn, George A.
    • Housel, Rebecca

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True blood and philosophy : we wanna think bad things with you

edited by George A. Dunn and Rebecca Housel

(The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series / series editor, William Irwin)

John Wiley, c2010

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

TRUEBLOOD and Philosophy Does God hate fangs? Is Sam still Sam when he turns into a collie? Is coming out of the coffin the same as coming out of the closet? Are all vampires created evil? Vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters, fairies, telepaths-True Blood has it all. In a world where supernatural creatures coexist with human beings, Sookie Stackhouse and Bill Compton wrestle with powerful desires while facing complex issues concerning sex, romance, bigotry, violence, death, and immortality. Now, True Blood and Philosophy calls on the minds of some of history's great thinkers to perform some philosophical bloodletting on this thought-provoking series. From the metaphysics of mind reading to Maryann Forrester's cult of Dionysus, from vampire politics to the nature of personal identity, and from contemporary feminism to the rights of nonhuman species, True Blood and Philosophy mines the thinking of philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, Friedrich Nietzsche, and John Rawls to enlighten us on the intriguing themes that surround this supernatural world. You'll find no shortage of juicy metaphysical morsels to sink your teeth into! To learn more about the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series, visit www.andphilosophy.com

目次

Acknowledgments: For the "Supes" We Just Can't Live Without ix Introduction: "If a Tree Falls in the Woods, It's Still a Tree-Ain't It?" 1 Part One "I Used to Hate Vampires, Until I Got To Know One": Vampire-human Ethics 1 To Turn or Not to Turn: The Ethics of Making Vampires 7 Christopher Robichaud 2 Dressing Up and Playing Human: Vampire Assimilation in the Human Playground 19 Jennifer Culver 3 Pets, Cattle, and Higher Life Forms on True Blood 33 Ariadne Blayde and George A. Dunn Part Two "life-challenged Individuals": The Politics of Being Dead 4 Signed in Blood: Rights and the Vampire-Human Social Contract 51 Joseph J. Foy 5 "Honey, If We Can't Kill People, What's the Point of Being a Vampire?": Can Vampires Be Good Citizens? 65 William M. Curtis 6 Un-True Blood: The Politics of Artificiality 79 Bruce A. McClelland Part Three "their Very Blood Is Seductive": Eros, Sexuality, and Gender 7 Coming Out of the Coffin and Coming Out of the Closet 93 Patricia Brace and Robert Arp 8 "I Am Sookie, Hear Me Roar!": Sookie Stackhouse and Feminist Ambivalence 109 Lillian E. Craton and Kathryn E. Jonell 9 Sookie, Sigmund, and the Edible Complex 123 Ron Hirschbein Part Four "i Am Actually Older Than Your Jesus": Natural, Supernatural, and Divine 10 Let the Bon Temps Roll: Sacrifice, Scapegoats, and Good Times 139 Kevin J. Corn and George A. Dunn 11 Are Vampires Unnatural? 157 Andrew Terjesen and Jenny Terjesen 12 Does God Hate Fangs? 175 Adam Barkman Part Five "our Existence Is Insanity": the Metaphysics of Supernatural Beings 13 A Vampire's Heart Has Its Reasons That Scientific Naturalism Can't Understand 187 Susan Peppers-Bates and Joshua Rust 14 Keeping Secrets from Sookie 203 Fred Curry 15 Vampires, Werewolves, and Shapeshifters: The More They Change, the More They Stay the Same 215 Sarah Grubb Contributors: "I Don't Know Who You Think You Are, but Before the Night Is Through ." 229 Index: Sookie's Words of the Day 237

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