The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy

Everything Is Fire
Ed. by Eric Bronson; Series Ed.: William Ìrwin

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Produktbeschreibung

The essential companion to Stieg Larsson's bestselling trilogy and director David Fincher's 2011 film adaptation Stieg Larsson's bestselling Millennium Trilogy--The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest--is an international phenomenon. These books express Larsson's lifelong war against injustice, his ethical beliefs, and his deep concern for women's rights. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy probes the compelling philosophical issues behind the entire trilogy. What philosophies do Lisbeth Salander and Kant have in common? To catch a criminal, can Lisbeth and Mikael be criminals themselves? Can revenge be ethical? Drawing on some of history's greatest philosophical minds, this book gives fresh insights into Larsson's ingeniously plotted tale of crime and corruption.

- Looks at compelling philosophical issues such as a feminist reading of Lisbeth Salander, Aristotelian arguments for why we love revenge, how Kant can explain why so many women sleep with Mikael Blomkvist, and many more

- Includes a chapter from a colleague of Larsson's--who worked with him in anti-Nazi activities--that explores Larsson's philosophical views on skepticism and quotes from never-before-seen correspondence with Larsson

- Offers new insights into the novels' key characters, including Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist, and investigates the author, Stieg Larsson

As engrossing as the quest to free Lisbeth Salander from her past, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy is ideal reading for anyone interested in unraveling the subtext and exploring the greater issues at work in the story.

Produktdetails

• The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series .
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 14594758000
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 331g
• ISBN-13: 9780470947586
• ISBN-10: 0470947586
• Artikelnr.: 33381596

Autorenporträt

Eric Bronson is the author, editor, or co-editor of a number of books dealing with the intersection of philosophy, religion, and popular culture, including Baseball and Philosophy: Thinking Outside the Batter's Box, which Booklist lauded as "provocative and entertaining." He teaches at York University in Toronto, Canada, and holds a doctorate in philosophy from SUNY Buffalo.

Inhaltsangabe

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: Confi dential Sources xv Introduction: The Girl Who Kicked
the Sophists' Nest 1 PART ONE: LISBETH "THE IDIOT" SALANDER 1 Labeling
Lisbeth: Sti(e)gma and Spoiled Identity 7 Aryn Martin and Mary Simms 2 The
Mis- Education of Lisbeth Salander and the Alchemy of the At- Risk Child 19
Chad William Timm 3 The Girl Who Turned the Tables: A Queer Reading of
Lisbeth Salander 33 Kim Surkan PART TWO: MIKAEL "DO-GOODER" BLOMKVIST 4 Why
Are So Many Women F***ing Kalle Blomkvist?: Larsson's Philosophy of Female
Attraction 49 Andrew Terjesen and Jenny Terjesen 5 Why Journalists and
Geniuses Love Coffee and Hate Themselves 65 Eric Bronson 6 The Making of
Kalle Blomkvist: Crime Journalism in Postwar Sweden 75 Ester Pollack PART
THREE: STIEG LARSSON, MYSTERY MAN 7 The Philosopher Who Knew Stieg Larsson:
A Brief Memoir 91 Sven Ove Hansson 8 "This Isn't Some Damned Locked- Room
Mystery Novel": Is The Millennium Trilogy Popular Fiction or Literature?
107 Tyler Shores 9 Why We Enjoy Reading about Men Who Hate Women:
Aristotle's Cathartic Appeal 120 Dennis Knepp 10 The Dragon Tattoo and the
Voyeuristic Reader 128 Jaime Weida PART FOUR: "EVERYONE HAS SECRETS" 11
Hacker's Republic: Information Junkies in a Free Society 141 Andrew
Zimmerman Jones 12 Kicking the Hornet's Nest: The Hidden "Section" in Every
Institution 155 Adriel M. Trott 13 Secret Meetings: The Truth Is in the
Gossip 166 Karen C. Adkins PART FIVE: 75,000 VOLTS OF VENGEANCE CAN'T BE
WRONG, CAN IT? 14 The Principled Pleasure: Lisbeth's Aristotelian Revenge
181 Emma L. E. Rees 15 Acting Out of Duty or Just Acting Out?: Salander and
Kant 189 Tanja Barazon 16 To Catch a Thief: The Ethics of Deceiving Bad
People 198 James Edwin Mahon CONTRIBUTORS: The Knights of the Philosophic
Table 211 INDEX: Code Words 217

Rezensionen

"In this excellent and timely addition to the series, Bronson (humanities, York University, Toronto) pulls together 18 international scholars and writers who examine both Stieg Larsson's novels and the movies based on them. Main characters Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist each receive a section devoted to essays on identity politics, feminist dimensions in culture, and other salient and philosophical concerns they personify. Larsson is treated in a third section of essays, with the final two sections taking on secrets and ethics. Contributors include Karen Adkins (philosophy, Regis Coll.), Ester Pollack (journalism, Stockholm University), Andrew Terjesen, who has contributed to other volumes in the series, and James E. Mahon (philosophy & law, Washington and Lee Univ.). They take up such specific considerations as Lisbeth's sexual identity, Mikael's investigatory methodology, and the ethical nature of social institutions; of course, each essay suggests philosophical assertions that can be and are argued against as well as for, making for a heady and welcome whole. You'll learn how Aristotle and Kant--among others--can be illuminated through the "Millennium Trilogy." VERDICT This volume belongs in both popular and scholarly collections." [The book is not an officially licensed product of the Larsson books or the movies.--Ed.]--Francisca Goldsmith, Infopeople Project, Berkeley, CA (Library Journal, November 15, 2011)