The Last of Us and Philosophy : Look for the Light

• Autore: Horn Charles Joshua
• Pubblicazione: Newark : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2024; ©2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (221 pages)
• Disciplina: 791.4572
• Altri autori: IrwinWilliam
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors: Survivors -- Acknowledgments: Thank Who You Can Thank -- Introduction: No Questions Left Behind -- Part I Joel's Choice -- Chapter 1 Joel's Choice: Apocalyptic Fantasies, Dystopian Hope, and the Post-Human Question -- It's Different in the Daylight -- When You're Lost in the Darkness -- We Always Win -- Dream of Sheep Ranches on the Moon -- Not Today You New-World-Order Jack-Boot Fucks -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Justifying Joel: In Defense of Love and Favoritism -- Utilitarian Leaders -- Loving Protectors -- In Favor of Favoritism -- Paradoxical -- Notes -- Chapter 3 "He Who Fights with Monsters": Inner-Circle vs. the World in The Last of Us -- The Joiners and the Tribalists in The Last of Us -- FEDRA, the Fireflies, and Utilitarianism -- Tribalism, Communitarianism, and Aristotle -- When You Gaze Too Long into the Abyss -- Appreciating the Beauty of the Other Side -- Notes -- Chapter 4 Is Humanity Worth Saving?: Philosophical Pessimism and Joel's Choice -- Pessimism and The Last of Us -- The Drive to Be Optimistic -- What Can We Hope during the Apocalypse? -- Optimism or Pessimism? -- Notes -- Part II Justice -- Chapter 5 Is Ellie's Revenge Ethically Justified? -- Endorsing Ellie's Quest for Revenge Is an Overtly Contradictory Ethical Position -- Retributive Justice and the Lex Talionis -- The Requirement to Empathize with Abby -- Challenging the Heroic Formula While Playing -- Notes -- Chapter 6 Necessary Violence in The Last of Us Part II -- No Woman Is an Island -- Other Pathways -- What If Violence Is the Only Way? -- Loss and Violence -- Notes -- Chapter 7 Natural Law and Positive Law: Marlene's Understanding of Law and Justice -- Authority and the Force of the Law -- Natural Law and Positive Law -- Who Decides What's the Right Thing to Do?. ; Should Justice Be as Blind as a Clicker? -- Notes -- Chapter 8 The Last of Us, Hobbes, and the State of Nature -- You're an Animal -- Enter the Leviathan -- Back to the State of Nature -- They Got a Kid, Joel -- If You Don't Think There's Hope for the World … -- Are We More Than Animals? -- Notes -- Chapter 9 Decision Making and Exclusion in The Last of Us -- Perspective Matters -- Who Decides? -- Unite and Empathize -- Part III The Individual and Society -- Chapter 10 Trust, Trustworthiness, and Betrayal in a Post-Apocalyptic World -- Trust in the World of The Last of Us -- Trust and Reliance -- What Is Trust? -- Did Joel Betray Ellie? -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Chapter 11 Caring for Ellie: From Cadet, to Cargo, to (Almost) Cure11 Caring for Ellie: From Cadet, to Cargo, to (Almost) Cure -- Captain Kwong: "I See a Leader in You" -- Joel: From Cargo to Caring? -- Does Anyone Care for Ellie? -- Notes -- Chapter 12 The Last of Love: Eudaimonia, Friendship, and Love in The Last of Us -- When We Are in Need -- Friendship and Flourishing -- Long, Long Time -- When You're Lost in the Darkness -- Notes -- Chapter 13 Ellie and Abby Are the Queer Feminist Icons We've Been Waiting For -- Ellie and Feminism -- Ellie and Queer Theory -- Ellie and the Power of Imagination -- Integration of Queer Ethics with Ellie and Abby's Quests -- Notes -- Part IV Monsters and Us -- Chapter 14 Kiss of a Cordy: Why Are Humans the Scariest Monsters? -- Are We All Capable of Becoming Monsters? -- Why Do We Need Monsters? -- Is Joel a Hero or a Monster? -- The Monsters Lurking Within Us -- Chapter 15 Self-Deception and Moral Failure in The Last of Us -- Joel's Self-Deception -- Ellie's Quest for Justice -- Abby's Quest for Revenge -- Avoiding Self-Deception -- Notes -- Chapter 16 What Is It Like to Be a Clicker?: Consciousness and Cognition in The Last of Us -- Consciousness. ; What Doesn't Kill You … -- Fungal Cognition -- Consciousness of the Infected -- Consciousness and the Human Condition -- Notes -- Chapter 17 Global Indigenous Philosophy: Remembering the "Us" -- Now They Come -- Don't Tread on Me! -- Hunkering in a Psycho Bunker -- It's Like a Spaceship -- Mind Infections -- Minding Interconnections -- Notes -- Part V The Humanity of The Last of Us -- Chapter 18 Better to Be Socrates Dissatisfied Than an Infected Satisfied?: Happiness, Flourishing, and the Good Life in The Last of Us -- Knock Knock, Anybody Home? -- Of Unhappy Philosophers and Happy Pigs -- The Struggle Is Real -- Being Happy and Living Well -- Keep Calm and Carry On -- It's Not a Race-But Who Won? -- How to Live Your Best Life -- Notes -- Chapter 19 Aesthetics at the End of the World: Uncanny Objects in The Last of Us -- Aesthetic Experience in a Decaying World -- Uncanny Forces -- Working with the Broken -- Uncanny Shadows -- An Uncanny Aesthetics for an Uncanny World -- Notes -- Chapter 20 Meaning and Emotion in the Music of The Last of Us -- "On the Nature of Daylight" by Max Richter -- "Fuel to Fire" by Agnes Obel -- "Never Let Me Down Again" Cover by Jessica Mazin -- "The Last of Us (Vengeance)" by Gustavo Santaolalla -- "The Last of Us" and "The Path" by Gustavo Santaolalla -- Notes -- Chapter 21 "Some Folks Call This Thing Here a Gee-Tar": Music Making, Duende, Schopenhauer, and Reconciliation in The Last of Us Part II -- The Guitar -- Schopenhauer and the Will -- Music and the Will -- Music and Emotions -- Negative Emotions -- Lorca and Duende -- A Reconciliation -- Notes -- Chapter 22 Humor and Human Intimacy in The Last of Us -- Humor as Plot Device: Sarcasm, Teasing, and Real Laughs -- Puns and Penises: Humor in the Truck -- Teasing, Growth, and Respite -- Notes -- Part VI Religious Considerations at the End of the World. ; Chapter 23 God as a Survival Tool: Religion in a World of Desperation -- Survival Tools -- David's Religious Experience -- Dina's Faith -- The Life of a Seraphite -- Kant versus the Seraphites: What Must I Do? -- What Can I Know? Surely Not God -- Notes -- Chapter 24 "I Don't Think I Can Ever Forgive You for That": Forgiving the Unforgivable in The Last of Us -- Forgiveness and the Unforgivable -- The Torah, the Gospels, and the Unforgivable -- Atheist Forgiveness -- The Unforgivable (and Gameplay) in The Last of Us -- Seeking Forgiveness, Trying to Forgive -- Notes -- Index -- EULA.
• Sommario/riassunto: Did Joel do the right thing when he saved Ellie? Are those infected by the Cordyceps conscious? Are communities necessary for human survival and flourishing? Should Ellie forgive Joel? Is Abby's revenge morally justified? Is Ellie's? The Last of Us franchise includes two of the best video games ever created and the critically acclaimed HBO series. Renowned for brilliant gameplay and world-class narrative, The Last of Us raises timeless and enduring philosophical questions. Beautiful, thrilling, and tragic, Ellie's story of survival is as philosophical as it is profound. The Last of Us and Philosophy brings together an international team of philosophical experts and fans exploring the timeless questions raised by the video games and the show. Drawing insights ranging from Aristotle and Abby to Buddha and Bill, this book elucidates the roles that trust, community, love, justice, and hope play in The Last of Us. Twenty-four original essays cover both The Last of Us Part I and II and the HBO series, offering accessible and nuanced philosophical analysis of Naughty Dog's amazing world. Whether you're a fan of the video games or of the HBO series, The Last of Us and Philosophy will take you on a philosophical journey where you look for the light.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Last of Us and Philosophy
• ISBN: 9781394221950; 1394221959; 9781394221936; 1394221932; 9781394221943; 1394221940
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911020061503321
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