Mad Max and Philosophy: Thinking Through the Wasteland

ISBN-13: 9781119870487 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024

Meyer

Spis treści

Notes on ContributorsIntroductionAcknowledgmentsPolitics after the Pox-Eclipse: Anarchy, State, and Dystopia1. Post-apocalyptic Anarchism in Mad Max, Aeon Skoble2. Even on the Road, Violence is not the Same as Power, Ian Drake and Tony Spanakos3. Thomas Hobbes and the State of Nature in the Wasteland, Greg Littman4. The Political Economy of Bartertown: Embeddedness of Markets, Peak Oil, The Tragedy of the Commons, and Lifeboat Ethics, Paul Thomas5. From Wee Jerusalem to Fury Road: Does Mad Max Depict a Post-Apocalyptic Dystopia?, Clint JonesThe Man with No Name: Heroes and Finding Oneself Post-Apocalypse-Style6. "Pray He's Still Out There": Heroism in the Mad Max Films, Karen Kohoutek7. Bloodbags and Artificial Arms: Bodily Parthood in Mad Max: Fury Road, Josh Tepley8. The Meaning of Life According to Mad Max: Fury Road, Kiki BerkBuilding a Better Tomorrow! Ethics in Mad Max (Alternative title: Just Deserts)9. What Saves the World? Care and Ecofeminism, Leigh Kolb10. Seeking the Good Life in the Wasteland, Kuzma11. "We're Not to Blame!" Responsibility in the Wasteland, Justin Kitchen12. "Look, any longer out on that road and I'm one of them, you know?": Madness in Mad Max, Matthew P. Meyer13. Justice, Reason, and the Road Warrior: A Mechanic Reads Plato, David GordonMother's Milk: Gender and Intersectionality14. Homecoming as Homemaking: The Rise of the Matriarchy in Mad Max: Fury Road, Daniel Conway15. Liberating Mother's Milk: Imperator Furiosa's Ecofeminist Revolution, Jacob Quick16. Demarginalizing Aunty Entity and Dismantling Thunderdome, Eduardo Pérez and Thayani Jackson17. Gayboy Berserkers at the Gate: Sex and Gender in the Wasteland, Jacob HeldWasteland Aesthetics: Music, Fashion, Australia, and Nature18. Driving Insanity, Chaos, and Emotion: The Music of Mad Max, Lance Belluomini19. Carapaces and Prosthetics: What Humans Wear in Mad Max: Fury Road, Laura Di Summa20. Does it Matter How Australian the Apocalypse Is? , Greg Littman21. The Moral Aesthetics of Nature: Bio-conservativism in Mad Max, David KoepsellIndex

O autorze

David Koepsell is an entrepreneur, author, philosopher, attorney, and educator whose recent research focuses on the intersection of science, technology, ethics, and public policy. He has provided commentary for MSNBC, Fox News Channel, The Guardian, The Washington Times, NPR Radio, the Associated Press, and other media outlets. He is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University.Matthew Meyer is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He is the author of Archery and the Human Condition in Lacan, The Greeks, and Nietzsche, several chapters in the Wiley And Philosophy series, and journal articles on Nietzsche, Mystic River, environmental ethics, and colonialism.