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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... action ? It can be found nowhere but in the principle of the will , irrespective of the ends which can be brought about by such an action ; for between its a priori principle , which is formal , and its a posteriori motive , which is ...
Mike Alsford. 2. The only intention of such action is to restore peace and any violated rights . 3. War must always be a last resort after all other courses of action have failed . 4. A war may only be deemed just if it is legally ...
... action towards others more palatable to the general populous . However , it seems to me that a potentially greater evil arises out of the self - isolation of an individual or group from the rest of the world . To see a certain social or ...
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Myth and Imagination | 1 |
Heroes and Otherness | 23 |
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility | 63 |
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