Superman and Philosophy cover and table of contents

December 4, 2012

Superman and Philosophy cover and table of contents

It's been a long wait--for me, at least!--but the cover to Superman and Philosophy is finally available (and visible to your right). As I said on my personal blog after I first saw it, I love how it parallels the Batman and Philosophy cover in general layout and title font, since the two volumes bookend my tenure with the series to date.

Here is the table of contents--I'll share more about the book as publication approaches!

Part One
The Big Blue Boy Scout: Ethics, Judgment, and Reason

1 Moral Judgment: The Power That Makes Superman Human
Mark D. White

2 Action Comics! Superman and Practical Reason
Brian Feltham

3 Can the Man of Tomorrow Be the Journalist of Today?
Jason Southworth and Ruth Tallman

4 Could Superman Have Joined the Third Reich? The Importance and Shortcomings of Moral Upbringing
Robert Sharp

Part Two
Truth, Justice, and American Way: What Do They Mean?

5 Clark Kent Is Superman! The Ethics of Secrecy
Daniel Malloy

6 Superman and Justice
Christopher Robichaud

7 Is Superman an American Icon?
Andrew Terjesen

Part Three
The Will to Superpower: Nietzsche, the Übermensch, and Existentialism

8 Rediscovering Nietzsche’s Übermensch in Superman as a Heroic Ideal
Arno Bogaerts

9 Superman or Last Man: The Ethics of Superpower
David Gadon

10 Superman: From Anti-Christ to Christ-Type
Adam Barkman

11 Superman Must Be Destroyed! Lex Luthor as Existentialist Anti-Hero
Sarah Donovan and Nick Richardson

Part Four
The Ultimate Hero: What Do We Expect from Superman?

12 Superman’s Revelation: The Problem of Violence in Kingdom Come
David Hatfield

13 A World Without a Clark Kent?
Randall M. Jensen

14 The Weight of the World: How Much Is Superman Morally Responsible For?
Audrey L. Anton

Part Five
Superman and Humanity: A Match Made in Krypton?

15 Superman and Man: What a Kryptonian Can Teach Us About Humanity
Leonard Finkelman

16 Can the Man of Steel Feel Our Pain? Sympathy and Superman
Andrew Terjesen

17 World’s Finest Philosophers: Superman and Batman on Human Nature
Carsten Fogh Nielsen

Part Six
Of Superman and Superminds: Who Is Superman, Anyway?

18 “It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s … Clark Kent?” Superman and the Problem of Identity
Nicolas Michaud

19 Superman Family Resemblance
Dennis Knepp

20 Why Superman Should Not Be Able to Read Minds
Mahesh Ananth

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