Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale is a 2003 academic publication relating to the fictional Buffyverse established by two TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.
The book was reviewed by Rebecca Housel in The Journal of Popular Culture, Maxine Phillips in Commonweal, Karen Bennett in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, and Margaret Weigel in The Women's Review of Books.
Book description
Despite creator Joss Whedon's professed atheism, Buffy often dealt with religious and philosophical symbolism. The book is made up of a collection of essays that link classical philosophy to the Buffy show's ability to explore the underlying evil in everyday life through supernatural metaphor.
Contents
Chapter Title Author01 "Faith and Plato: 'You're Nothing! Disgusting, Murderous Bitch'" Greg Forster02 "Also Sprach Faith: The Problem of the Happy Rogue Vampire Slayer" Karl Schudt03 "'The I in Team': Buffy and Feminist Ethics" Jessica Prater Miller04 "BtVS as Feminist Noir" Thomas Hibbs05 "Feminism and the Ethics of Violence: Why Buffy Kicks Ass" Mimi Marinucci06 "Balderdash and Chicanery: Science and Beyond" Andrew Aberdein07 "Pluralism, Pragmatism, and Pals: The Slayer Subverts the Science Wars" Madeline M. Muntersbjorn08 "Between Heaven and Hells: Multidimensional Cosmology in Kant and Buffy the Vampire Slayer" James Lawler09 "Buffy Goes to College, Adam "Murder(s) to Dissect": Education and Knowledge in a Postmodern World" Toby Daspit10 ""My God, it's like a Greek tragedy": Willow Rosenberg and Human Irrationality" James B. South11 "Should We Do What Buffy Would Do?" Jason Kawal 12 "Passion and Action – In and Out of Control" Carolyn Korsmeyer13 "Buffy in the Buff: A Slayer's Solution to Aristotle's Love Paradox" Sharon Kaye and Melissa Milavec 14 "A Kantian Analysis of Moral Judgment in Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Scott R. Stroud 15 "Brown Skirts: Fascism, Christianity, and the Eternal Demon" Neal King 16 "Prophecy Girl and the Powers That Be: The Philosophy of Religion in the Buffyverse" Wendy Love Anderson 17 "Justifying the Means: Punishment in the Buffyverse" Jacob Held 18 "No Big Win: Themes of Sacrifice, Salvation, and Redemption" Gregory J. Sakal 19 "Old Familiar Vampires: The Politics of the Buffyverse" Jeffrey L. Pasley20 "Morality on Television: The Case of Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Richard Greene and Wayne Yuen 21 "High School is Hell: Metaphor made Literal" Tracy Little 22 "Feeling for Buffy – The Girl Next Door" Michael Levine and Steven Jay Schneider
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