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Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale

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Twenty-three essays by young professional philosophers examine crucial ethical and metaphysical aspects of the Buffyverse . Though the show already attracted much scholarly attention, this is the first book to fully disinter the intellectual issues. Designed by Whedon as a multilevel story with most of its meanings deeply buried in heaps of heavy irony, Buffy the Vampire Slayer has replaced The X-Files as the show that explains to Americans the nature of the powerful forces of evil continually threatening to surge into our world of everyday decency and overwhelm it. In the tradition of the classic horror films Buffy the Vampire Slayer addresses ethical issues that have long fascinated audiences. This book draws out the ethical and metaphysical lessons from a pop-culture phenomenon.

Language: English

Pages: 335

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Open Court

Release: March 13, 2003

ISBN: 0812695313

ISBN 13: 9780812695311

Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale

4/5 ( ratings)

Twenty-three essays by young professional philosophers examine crucial ethical and metaphysical aspects of the Buffyverse . Though the show already attracted much scholarly attention, this is the first book to fully disinter the intellectual issues. Designed by Whedon as a multilevel story with most of its meanings deeply buried in heaps of heavy irony, Buffy the Vampire Slayer has replaced The X-Files as the show that explains to Americans the nature of the powerful forces of evil continually threatening to surge into our world of everyday decency and overwhelm it. In the tradition of the classic horror films Buffy the Vampire Slayer addresses ethical issues that have long fascinated audiences. This book draws out the ethical and metaphysical lessons from a pop-culture phenomenon.

Language: English

Pages: 335

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Open Court

Release: March 13, 2003

ISBN: 0812695313

ISBN 13: 9780812695311

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