Heroes and VillainsHercules, Jesus, James Bond, Luke Skywalker, Gandalf, Frodo, Harry Potter, Buffy Summers, Spiderman, Batman, Captain Kirk, Dr. Who, Darth Vader, Sauron, Voldemort, Lex Luthor, Dr. Doom, the Daleks, the Borg. Almost anybody living in the developed West would be able to group these individuals into two camps: the heroes and the villains. However, what criteria they may use to do this is less clear. Mike Alsford introduces us to a range of heroic and villainous archetypes on a journey through film, television, comic books, and literature. On the way, he addresses questions such as: What is a true hero? What is a true villain? Have we misunderstood these terms? What kind of societal values do our mythical heroes and villains represent? In trying to understand the extremes of hero and villain we are made more aware of our own ethical standards and given a space in which to explore contemporary concerns over notions of right and wrong, good and bad. |
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... of thinking , it has proved to be a problem for many high minded and otherwise virtuous philosophers , particularly those of an idealist persuasion such as Plato and Fichte With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility 75.
... Fichte ( 1762–1814 ) and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel ( 1770-1831 ) and , it could be argued , to disastrous effect for the early part of the twentieth century . The universal vs the particular This is not , you will be pleased to hear ...
... Fichte took the law- giver of Rousseau and turned him into Nietzsche's Superman : Anticipating both Carlyle and Nietzsche , Fichte writes : ' To compel man to adopt the rightful form of government , to impose Right on them by force , is ...
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Myth and Imagination | 1 |
Heroes and Otherness | 23 |
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility | 63 |
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