Heroes and VillainsHercules, James Bond, Luke Skywalker, Harry Potter, Buffy Summers, Spiderman, Dr Who, Darth Vader, Voldemort. Almost anybody living within the developed West would be able to group these individuals into two camps: the heroes and the villains. However, what criteria they might use to do this is less clear. Mike Alsford introduces us to a whole range of heroic and villainous archetypes on a journey through film, television, comic and literature. 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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As early on as the mid-1820s the followers of the social scientist Claude Henri de
Saint-Simon were using the term individualisme in this way. The Saint-Simonians
heavily criticised what they recognised as the Enlightenment's glorification of ...
As early on as the mid-1820s the followers of the social scientist Claude Henri de
Saint-Simon were using the term individualisme in this way. The Saint-Simonians
heavily criticised what they recognised as the Enlightenment's glorification of ...
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His observations on the end results of social mobility and the loss of tradition and
corporate responsibility have been born out by history and the examinations of
the social scientists. His great fear that the individual may finally be confined to ...
His observations on the end results of social mobility and the loss of tradition and
corporate responsibility have been born out by history and the examinations of
the social scientists. His great fear that the individual may finally be confined to ...
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impose one's will upon a disaggregated group of individuals than it is to impose it
over a group with strong social bonds. In Tolkien's Lord of the Rings we are told
that, in nothing is the power of the Dark Lord more clearly shown than in the ...
impose one's will upon a disaggregated group of individuals than it is to impose it
over a group with strong social bonds. In Tolkien's Lord of the Rings we are told
that, in nothing is the power of the Dark Lord more clearly shown than in the ...
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Contents
Heroes and Otherness | 23 |
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility | 63 |
Villains Monsters and Evil Masterminds | 95 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Heroes and Villains |
| Author | Mike Alsford |
| Publisher | Darton, Longman & Todd, 2006 |
| ISBN | 0232525730, 9780232525731 |
| Length | 158 pages |
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