Philosophy and Breaking bad. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kevin S. Decker, David R. Koepsell, Robert Arp, editors.
• Editors: Decker, Kevin S; Koepsell, David R (David Richard); Arp, Robert
• Contents: Pt. I. "We tried to poison you" : breaking evil / Jen Baker -- Eichmann in Albuquerque / Karen Adkins -- Empathy and evil : drug-dealing murderers are people too / Charlene Elsby and Rob Luzecky -- pt. II. "I am the one who knocks" : the shadow of death and the meaning of life. In the shadow of the sickness unto death : Walter White's transformation into the knight of meth / Frank Scalambrino -- Death is easy if you're dead / Christopher Ketcham -- Cosmic justice in Breaking Bad : can sociopaths and antiheroes lead meaningful lives? / Kimberly Blessing -- Law and morality in Breaking Bad : the aesthetics of justice / David Koepsell -- pt. III. "I will put you under the jail" : the tragedy of Breaking Bad -- The crumbling patriarchy and triumphant feminist ethic of care in Breaking Bad / Leigh Kolb -- What bad is not : Breaking Bad, apophatic and dramaturgic continua from creator to viewer, and a poetics of the philosophy of religion / Jesse Abbot -- pt. IV. "I did it for me" : morality, mastery and meth. Recovering lost moral ground : can Walt make amends / James Edwin Mahon and Joseph Mahan -- (Im) morality in action / Travis Dyk and Adam Barkman -- The transformation of Walter White : a case study in bad faith / Leslie A. Aarons -- Breaking bonds : white lines of love and hate / Sara Waller -- pt. V. Becoming Jesse James : Breaking Bad's challenge to philosophy -- Hatred : Walter White is doing it all wrong / Kevin Guilfoy -- "We are responsible to all for all" : an intersubjective analysis of Breaking Bad / Sheridan Hough -- Theater of the absurb : Breaking Bad as edifying philosophy / Kevin S. Decker.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, published by Springer Nature
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xx, 266 pages)
• Subjects: 100; Philosophy; Drugs and mass media; Drug traffic -- Ethics; Television crime shows -- Philosophy; PHILOSOPHY -- Essays; PHILOSOPHY -- Reference; Drugs and mass media; Social Science -- General; Performing Arts -- General; Cultural studies; Film, TV & radio; Motion pictures and television; Philosophy -- General; Philosophy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319403434; 3319403435; 9783319406657; 3319406655
• Related ISBNs: 3319403427; 9783319403427
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-259) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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