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" Politics in Gotham : "
Damien K. Picariello, editor.
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860679
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Politics in Gotham : : the Batman universe and political thought /\ Damien K. Picariello, editor.
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Cham, Switzerland :: Palgrave Macmillan,, [2019]
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1 online resource (xv, 237 pages) :: color illustrations
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3030057763
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3030057755
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9783030057756
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| Contents
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Introduction: "I don't want Batman as president" / Damien K. Picariello -- Justice unmasked / Alan I. Baily -- The Dark Knight: toward a democratic tragedy / Steven Johnston -- The heroism of sober expectations / Damien K. Picariello -- Deconstructing Batman's legitimacy: the radical political critique of Christopher Nolan's Batman cycle / William J. Berger -- Batman the noble dog: the costs of spiritedness for the individual and society / Ian J. Drake and Matthew B. Lloyd -- The Dark Prince of the Republic: Machiavelli, Batman, and Gotham City / Anthony Petros Spanakos -- The lion, the fox, and the bat: the animal nature of Machiavelli's The Prince and Batman / Daniel V. Goff -- Criminal justice in Gotham: the role of the Dark Knight / Mark D. White -- The retributive Knight / Mohamad Al-Hakim -- Politics as "the product of everything you fear": Scarecrow as phobia entrepreneur / Christina M. Knopf -- #FAKENEWS in Gotham City / Salvatore James Russo -- Batgirls and the politics of feminism in Gotham / Carolyn Cocca -- Dawn of justice: revisioning, accountability, and Batman in the twenty-first century / Aidan Diamond -- Index.
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Scholars from a variety of fields - political science, philosophy, law, and others - provide answers to the question: What does Batman have to do with politics? Contributors use the Batman canon, from the comics to the feature films, to explore a broad range of issues in politics and political thought. What can Batman's role in Gotham City teach us about democracy? How do Batman's vigilantism and his violence fit within a society committed to the rule of law? What's the relationship between politics in Gotham and politics in our own communities? From Machiavelli to the fake news phenomenon, this book provides a compelling introduction to the politics behind one of the world's most enduring pop culture figures.
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Batman
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Batman
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Batman films-- History and criticism.
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Batman films-- Political aspects.
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Politics and culture.
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Politics in literature.
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Politics in motion pictures.
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Batman films.
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Politics and culture.
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Politics in literature.
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Politics in motion pictures.
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791.43/6581
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PN1995.9.B34P65 2019
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