Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series

Contains nineteen essays discussing the philosophical insights of Suzanne Collin's Hunger Games book series, including themes, such as, social classes, personal identity, gender, and moral choice.

A collection of essays that explore philosophical questions raised by the premise of the Orson Scott Card novel, "Ender's Game," in which highly trained child geniuses fight a race of invading aliens.

Contains eighteen essays that examine the philosophical themes and issues related to Iron Man as the character is portrayed in comics and movies, discussing whether or not Iron Man's behavior is ethical, the downsides of the technological advances of Iron Man's armor, whether Tony Stark's character flaws reflect on Iron Man as a hero, and other related topics.

Discusses the philosophical lessons that can be gained from an examination of "Batman" as a culturally-relevant mythos, with twenty essays that cover morality, justice, social order, archetypal identity and roles, and Taoism, existentialism, and other systems, and includes an examination of other characters from the comic series.

Contains seventeen essays in which philosophers analyze various aspects of the animated television series "Family Guy, " looking at what the show has to say about religion, virtue and perversity, ego, and other topics.

Contains twenty-two essays that examine the philosophical elements from both the American and British versions of the television program "The Office, " and discusses and compares characters and scenes from the collective episodes.

Contains over fifteen essays that discuss philosophical topics in J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" providing new insights into the characters and plot.