The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy: You Must Unlearn What You Have Learned

Overview:

• Title: The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy: You Must Unlearn What You Have Learned
• Author: Jason T. Eberl, Kevin S. Decker
• Year: 2016
• ISBN-10: 9781119038061
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Pages: x+324
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Type: Non-fiction
• Title Reference: The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy: You Must Unlearn What You Have Learned
• Notes: Printing line has "2 2016" suggesting either 2nd printing or February 2016 printing. William Irwin is the series editor. No credit for cover design or image. The essays are divided into different sections: - The Philosophical Menace p.5 - Attack of the Morals p.65 - Revenge of the Alliance p. 115 - A New Hermeneutic p. 159 - Metaphysics Strikes Back p. 193 - Return of the Non-Human p. 229 - The Fandom Awakes p. 261 The Contents is sub-titled 'From the Journal of the Whills ...'. There is introductory material - 'Acknowledgments: Legacy of the Force' on pp. ix-x and an index on pp. 317-324 which are left out of the Contents. The essay on the contributing authors ('Contributors: Troopers of the 501st Legion') may contain fictitious material. The following essays used italics in their titles: '"Like My Father before Me": Loss and Redemption of Fatherhood in Star Wars', 'Light Side, Dark Side, and Switching Sides: Loyalty and Betrayal in Star Wars', 'Guardians and Tyrants in the Republics of Star Wars and Plato', 'Pregnant Padmé and Slave Leia: Star Wars' Female Role Models', 'Docile Bodies and a Viscous Force: Fear of the Flesh in Return of the Jedi', 'Of Battle Droids and Zillo Beasts: Moral Status in the Star Wars Galaxy', '"In That Time ..." in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Epic Myth-Understandings and Myth-Appropriation in Star Wars', 'The Mind of Blue Snaggletooth: the Intentional Stance, Vintage Star Wars Action Figures, and the Origins of Religion' and 'Gospel, Gossip, and Ghent: How Should We Understand the New Star Wars?'