LEADER 02294nam 22005534a 450 001 9910810786103321 005 20240410195532.0 010 $a1-60473-066-8 010 $a1-4294-6054-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000471085 035 $a(OCoLC)191949083 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10157884 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000125358 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11136732 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000125358 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10026751 035 $a(PQKB)10897920 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3039921 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3039921 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10157884 035 $a(OCoLC)86106132 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000471085 100 $a20050216d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aComics as philosophy$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Jeff McLaughlin 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aJackson $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (266 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-57806-794-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 228-235) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- What If? DC's Crisis and Leibnizian Possible Worlds -- Describing and Discarding " Comics" as an Impotent Act of Philosophical Rigor -- "No Harm in Horror" -- Truth Be Told -- Plato, Spider-Man and the Meaning of Life -- Modernity, Race, and the American Superhero -- Deconstructing the Hero -- Jean-Paul Sartre Meets Enid Coleslaw -- Making the Abstract Concrete -- The Good Government According to Tintin -- Drawn into 9/11, But Where Have All the Superheroes Gone? -- Contributors -- Bibliography -- Index. 606 $aComic books, strips, etc$xMoral and ethical aspects 606 $aComic books, strips, etc$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aComic books, strips, etc.$xMoral and ethical aspects. 615 0$aComic books, strips, etc.$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a741.5/09 701 $aMcLaughlin$b Jeff$f1962-$01662198 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810786103321 996 $aComics as philosophy$94018688 997 $aUNINA