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The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy: You Must Unlearn What You Have Learned

Jason T. Eberl & Kevin S. Decker

First published 2016
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
Format Trade Paperback
Type Nonfiction
Pages x+324
ISBN 9781119038061

Printing line has "2 2016" suggesting either 2nd printing or February 2016 printing. William Irwin is the series editor. No credit for cover design or image. The essays are divided into different sections: - The Philosophical Menace p.5 - Attack of the Morals p.65 - Revenge of the Alliance p. 115 - A New Hermeneutic p. 159 - Metaphysics Strikes Back p. 193 - Return of the Non-Human p. 229 - The Fandom Awakes p. 261 The Contents is sub-titled 'From the Journal of the Whills ...'. There is introductory material - 'Acknowledgments: Legacy of the Force' on pp. ix-x and an index on pp. 317-324 which are left out of the Contents. The essay on the contributing authors ('Contributors: Troopers of the 501st Legion') may contain fictitious material. The following essays used italics in their titles: '"Like My Father before Me": Loss and Redemption of Fatherhood in Star Wars', 'Light Side, Dark Side, and Switching Sides: Loyalty and Betrayal in Star Wars', 'Guardians and Tyrants in the Republics of Star Wars and Plato', 'Pregnant Padmé and Slave Leia: Star Wars' Female Role Models', 'Docile Bodies and a Viscous Force: Fear of the Flesh in Return of the Jedi', 'Of Battle Droids and Zillo Beasts: Moral Status in the Star Wars Galaxy', '"In That Time ..." in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Epic Myth-Understandings and Myth-Appropriation in Star Wars', 'The Mind of Blue Snaggletooth: the Intentional Stance, Vintage Star Wars Action Figures, and the Origins of Religion' and 'Gospel, Gossip, and Ghent: How Should We Understand the New Star Wars?'

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Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Introduction (The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy: You Must Unlearn What You Have Learned) Jason T. Eberl & Kevin S. Decker Essay
7 The Platonic Paradox of Darth Plagueis: How Could a Sith Lord Be Wise Terrance MacMullan Essay
20 "You Are Asking Me to Be Rational": Stoic Philosophy and the Jedi Order Matt Hummel Essay
31 The Jedi Knights of Faith: Anakin, Luke, and Søren (Kierkegaard) William A. Lindenmuth Essay
42 Anakin and Achilles: Scars of Nihilism Don Adams Essay
53 Dark Times: The End of the Republic and the Beginning of Chinese Philosophy Kevin S. Decker Essay
67 Chasing Kevin Smith: Was It Immoral for the Rebel Alliance to Destroy Death Star II? Charles C. Camosy Essay
79 The Ballad of Boba Fett: Mercenary Agency and Amoralism in War David LaRocca Essay
90 How Guilty Is Jar Jar Binks? Nicolas Michaud Essay
100 "Know the Dark Side": A Theodicy of the Force Jason T. Eberl Essay
117 "Like My Father before Me": Loss and Redemption of Fatherhood in Star Wars Charles Taliaferro & Annika Beck Essay
127 The Friends of a Jedi: Friendship, Family, and Civic Duty in a Galaxy at War Greg Littmann Essay
136 Light Side, Dark Side, and Switching Sides: Loyalty and Betrayal in Star Wars Daniel Malloy Essay
148 Guardians and Tyrants in the Republics of Star Wars and Plato Adam Barkman & Kyle Alkema Essay
161 Pregnant Padmé and Slave Leia: Star Wars' Female Role Models Cole Bowman Essay
172 Docile Bodies and a Viscous Force: Fear of the Flesh in Return of the Jedi Jenifer L. McMahon Essay
183 Of Battle Droids and Zillo Beasts: Moral Status in the Star Wars Galaxy James M. Okapal Essay
195 Why the Force Must Have a Dark Side George A. Dunn Essay
208 What Is It Like to Be a Jedi? A Life in the Force Marek McGann Essay
219 "Never Tell Me the Odds": An Inquiry Concerning Jedi Understanding Andrew Zimmerman Jones Essay
231 Mindless Philosophers and Overweight Globs of Grease: Are Droids Capable of Thought? Dan Burkett Essay
240 Can Chewie Speak? Wittgenstein and the Philosophy of Language Rhiannon Grant & Myfanwy Reynolds Essay
250 Can the Zillo Beast Strike Back? Cloning, De-extinction, and the Species Problem Leonard Finkelman Essay
263 "In That Time ..." in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Epic Myth-Understandings and Myth-Appropriation in Star Wars John Thompson Essay
274 Star Wars, Emotions, and the Paradox of Fiction Lance Belluomini Essay
287 The Mind of Blue Snaggletooth: the Intentional Stance, Vintage Star Wars Action Figures, and the Origins of Religion Dennis Knepp Essay
296 Gospel, Gossip, and Ghent: How Should We Understand the New Star Wars? Roy T. Cook & Nathan Kellen Essay
308 Contributors: Troopers of the 501st Legion uncredited Essay