The Hunger games and philosophy : a critique of pure treason / / edited by George A. Dunn and Nicolas Michaud

• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (322 p.)
• Disciplina: ELECTRONIC BOOK
• Soggetto topico: Philosophy in literature
• Altri autori: DunnGeorge A. <1957-> MichaudNicolas
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- The Hunger Games and Philosophy: A Critique of Pure Treason -- Contents -- Acknowledgments: "It's Like the Bread. How I Never Get Over Owing You for That. -- Introduction: Let The Hunger Games and Philosophy Begin! -- Part One: "Having an Eye for Beauty Isn't Necessarily a Weakness": The Art of Resisting the Capitol -- 1. "The Final Word on Entertainment": Mimetic and Monstrous Art in the Hunger Games -- 2. "Somewhere between Hair Ribbons and Rainbows": How Even the Shortest Song Can Change the World -- 3. "I Will Be Your Mockingjay": The Power and Paradox of Metaphor in the Hunger Games Trilogy -- Part Two: "We're Fickle, Stupid Beings": Hungering for Morality in an Immoral World -- 4. "The Odds Have Not Been Very Dependable of Late": Morality and Luck in the Hunger Games Trilogy -- 5. The Joy of Watching Others Suffer: Schadenfreude and the Hunger Games -- 6. "So Here I Am in His Debt Again": Katniss, Gifts, and Invisible Strings -- Part Three: "I am as Radiant as the Sun": The Natural, The Unnatural, and Not-So-Weird Science -- 7. Competition and Kindness: The Darwinian World of the Hunger Games -- 8. "No Mutt Is Good"-Really? Creating Interspecies Chimeras -- Part Four: "Peeta Bakes. I Hunt.": What Katniss can teach us About Love, Caring, and Gender -- 9. Why Katniss Chooses Peeta: Looking at Love through a Stoic Lens -- 10. "She Has No Idea. The Effect She Can Have.": Katniss and the Politics of Gender -- 11. Sometimes the World Is Hungry for People Who Care: Katniss and the Feminist Care Ethic -- Part Five: "As Long As You can Find Yourself, You'll never Starve": How to be Yourself When it's all a Big Show -- 12. Why Does Katniss Fail at Everything She Fakes? Being versus Seeming to Be in the Hunger Games Trilogy -- 13. Who Is Peeta Mellark? The Problem of Identity in Panem. ; Part Six: "Here's Some Advice. Stay Alive.": A Tribute's Guide to the morality and Logic of Warfare -- 14. "Safe to Do What?": Morality and the War of All against All in the Arena -- 15. Starting Fires Can Get You Burned: The Just-War Tradition and the Rebellion against the Capitol -- 16. The Tribute's Dilemma: The Hunger Games and Game Theory -- Part Seven: "It Must Be Very Fragile If a Handful of Berries Can Bring It Down": The Political Philosophy of Coriolanus Snow -- 17. Discipline and the Docile Body: Regulating Hungers in the Capitol -- 18. "All of This Is Wrong": Why One of Rome's Greatest Thinkers Would Despise the Capitol -- 19. Class Is in Session: Power and Privilege in Panem -- Contributors: Our Resistance Squadron -- Index: "A List in My Head of Every Act of Goodness I've Seen Someone Do.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Hunger games and philosophy
• ISBN: 1118206029; 1280589779; 9786613619600; 1118206045
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823574703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Blackwell philosophy and popculture series.