Batman and Philosophy
The Dark Knight of the Soul

I am not a Philosopher, and truly the only way anyone will get me to read a Philosophy book is to put Batman/Star War in the title or on the cover and making either the subject matter. The book is very informative on philosophical theories, (I will be the first to admit would have been lost on me),......more

As more of a philosophy than a comic book fan, I am disappointed. I was expecting an in-depth analysis of the character of Joker and the sociological roots of the crime-haven that is Gotham. Instead, I ended up reading a slightly subtle version of what could easily have been ruminations between the......more

Ideally, the Blackwell series of philosophy-meets-pop-culture books simultaneously makes philosophy fun while adding intellectual gravitas to our guilty little pleasures. Given Batman's long history as one of the most complex, resilient and enigmatic characters in all of comics, I had high hopes for......more

In a word, lazy. The editor, Mark D. White, allowed the contributors to cover much of the same ground. Perhaps if they knew what the others were writing it could have a little more originality. Some contributors seem to know almost nothing about Batman, preferring to talk philosophy then adding "just......more

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