Black Panther and Philosophy: What Can Wakanda Offer the World?

ISBN-13: 9781119635840 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 288 str.

Irwin, William

Spis treści

Contributors: One Single Tribe xiIntroduction: A Few Words from the Wakandan International Outreach Centre 1Edwardo Pérez and Timothy E. BrownPart I Yibambe! 31 Challenge Day: Tradition and Revolution in Wakanda 5Armond Boudreaux2 Transforming Wakanda: Justice (or Not?) in Black Panther 14Steve Bein and Deana Lewis3 Sins of the Fathers: Historical Injustice and Its Repair in Black Panther 22Ben Almassi4 "What Would You Have Wakanda Do about It?": Black Panther, Global Justice, and African Philosophy 32Christine Hobden5 T'Challa's Liberalism and Killmonger's Pan-Africanism 42Stephen C.W. GravesPart II Wakanda Forever! 516 Panther Virtue: The Many Roles of T'Challa 53Mark D. White7 Should Wakanda Take Over the World? The Ethics of International Power 61Greg Littmann8 T'Challa, the Revolutionary King: Legitimation Crises in Wakanda 70Kevin J. Porter9 T'Challa's Machiavellian Methods 80Ian J. Drake and Matthew B. Lloyd10 Understanding the Reigns of T'Challa and Killmonger through Hannah Arendt 87Jolynna SinananPart III The Heart-Shaped Herb 9511 Beastly Boys: The Racial-Sexual Politics of Meat 97Sofia Huerter12 Panther Mystique: Wakandan Feminism Demystified 107J. Lenore Wright and Edwardo Pérez13 The Ancestral Plane: Metaphysical Mystery or Meaningful Metaphor? 123Dean A. Kowalski14 The Afterlife of Erik Killmonger in African Philosophy 132Paul A. Dottin15 Wakandan Resources: The Epistemological Reality of Black Panther's Fiction 152Ruby KomicPart IV Vibranium 16316 When Tech Meets Tradition: How Wakandan Technology Transcends Anti-Blackness 165Timothy E. Brown17 Vibranium Dreams and Afrofuturist Visions: Technology, Nature, and Culture 175Alessio Gerola18 Black Panther's Afrofuturism: Reconnecting Neural and Cultural Pathways 184Michael J. Gormley, Benjamin D. Wendorf, and Ryan Solinsky19 Wakanda and the Dilemma of Racial Utopianism 193Juan M. Floyd-Thomas20 The Value of Vibranium 203Edwardo PérezPart V Black Lives Matter 21121 Dismantling the Master's House with the Master's Tools 213Thanayi M. Jackson22 An Impossible Return? (Anti)Colonialism in/of Black Panther 221Julio C. Covarrubias-Cabeza23 T'Challa's Dream and Killmonger's Means: Echoes of MLK and Malcolm X 230Gerald Browning24 "It's Time They Knew the Truth about Us! We're Warriors!": Black Panther and the Black Panther Party 238Karen Joan Kohoutek25 Fear of a Black Museum: Black Existentialism in Black Panther 247Charles F. PetersonIndex 256

O autorze

Edwardo Pérez is Professor of English at Tarrant County College in Hurst, Texas, and Adjunct Assistant Professor of English at the University of Texas at Arlington in Texas. He is a frequent contributor to Wiley's Philosophy and Popular Culture series and website at www.andphilosophy.com.Timothy E. Brown is Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington. He is a founding member of the Neuroethics Trust in the Center for Neurotechnology and leads diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in the International Neuroethics Society.