X-Men and Philosophy: Astonishing Insight and Uncanny Argument in the Mutant X-Verse

Hobokken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009. First Printing . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6" x 9. 251 Pages Indexed. This is a Blackwel Philosophy and Pop Culture Series book. As New with flawless interior text pages. No marks or stamps. X-Men is one of the most popular comic-book franchises ever. captivating millions with its teeming X-Verse of genetic mutants who have been unleash- ing their unique special powers in the service of both good and evil since 1963. Focusing on identity and personal conflict as much as action and adventure. this bestselling series is full of complex characters and storylines that are deeply influenced by important philosophical questions. Through philosophical greats like Aristotle. Sartre, Camus. Levinas. and others. X-Men and Philosophy shows how this remarkable series speaks not only to genera- tions of pop culture audiences. but to the very heart of the human condition. . J. Jeremy Wisnewski is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Hartwick College and the editor of Family Guy and Philosophy, and The Office and Philosophy. Rebecca Housel is a professor at Rochester Institute of Technology where she teaches about writing and pop culture. Contents in Four Parts: The X-Factor in the Existential, Consciousness Conscience and Cure, Human Ethics and Mutant Morality in the X-Verse, and War Technology Death and Mutantkind.