INDICE: Acknowledgements: They Left It Entirely in My Hands. Introduction: A Rorschach Test. PART ONE: THE POLITICS OF POWER: WHO WATCHES THE WATCHMEN? 1. The Superman Exists, and Hes American: Morality in the Face of Absolute Power (Christopher Robichaud). 2. Can We Steer This Rudderless World? Kant, Rorschach, Retributivism, and Honor (Jacob M. Held). 3. Super Vigilantes and the Keene Act (Tony Spanakos). 4. Superheroes and Supermen: Finding Nietzsches Übermensch in Watchmen (Joseph Keeping). PART TWO: THE VEIDT PLAN: WATCHMEN AND ETHICS. 5. Means, Ends, and the Critique of Pure Superheroes (J. Robert Loftis). 6. The Virtues of Nite Owls Potbelly (Mark D. White). 7. Rorschach: When Telling the Truth Is Wrong (Alex Nuttall). PART THREE: THE METAPHYSICS OF DR. MANHATTAN. 8. Dr. Manhattan, I Presume (James DiGiovanna)? 9. Dr. Manhattan and Bergsons Theory of Simultaneous Time (Chris Drohan). 10. Free Will and Foreknowledge: Does Jon Really Know What Laurie Will Do Next, and Can She Do Otherwise (Arthur Ward)? 11. I'm Just a Puppet Who Can See the Strings: Dr. Manhattan as aStoic Sage (Andrew Terjesen). PART FOUR: THIS IS NOT YOUR FATHES COMIC BOOK. 12. "Why Dont You Go Read a Book or Something": Watchmen As Literature (Aaron Meskin). 13. Watchwomen (Sarah Donovan and Nick Richardson). 14. Hooded Justice and Captain Metropolis: The Ambiguously Gay Duo (Robert Arp). 15. Whats So Goddamned Funny? The Comedian and Rorschach on Life's Way (Taneli Kukkonen). Contributors: Who Writes About the Watchmen? Index: After the Masquerade.
- ISBN: 978-0-470-39685-8
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 240
- Fecha Publicación: 16/01/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés