J. Jeremy Wisnewski

A collection of essays which vary widely in quality and insight. Some are intriguing, if all-too-brief, glances into some interesting and relevant philosophical topics. Others lean more heavily on a playful examination of what could be more accurately described as character development. And still others are mostly excuses to try to be as funny and ironic as the television shows themselves (with more or less--usually less--success). Still, this book provides some interesting examinations of show more virtue, humor, knowledge and morality, and frequent references back to what are, regardless of their philosophical depth, enjoyable and amusing shows are sure to bring a smile or two as well. show less

Another book in the Blackwell Philosophy and pop Culture Series focusing on the X-Men. This book uses the X-Men comics and movies to introduce several philosophical concepts. Different authors touch on topics such as the meaning of being a person or mutant and what we can know about mutants - an idea that easily extrapolates to classes or cultures. Others touch on morality, identity, women's issues, synthetic biology, among others.

Authors will help you see Magneto's point of view, and why show more Magneto and Xavier can maintain a strong friendship in spite of significant philosophical differences. What is the human role, and what is the meaning of race.

As usual, I've found all of these books easy to read and interesting. They each introduce philosophical concepts using icons of pop culture making them easy-to understand and to remember.

In general, I thought this book had better philosophy than others, I found it more interesting. A couple of authors seemed to talk more about the X-Men than of philosophy, but they were interesting to read as well. show less

Another book in the Blackwell Philosophy and pop Culture Series focusing on the X-Men. This book uses the X-Men comics and movies to introduce several philosophical concepts. Different authors touch on topics such as the meaning of being a person or mutant and what we can know about mutants - an idea that easily extrapolates to classes or cultures. Others touch on morality, identity, women's issues, synthetic biology, among others.

Authors will help you see Magneto's point of view, and why show more Magneto and Xavier can maintain a strong friendship in spite of significant philosophical differences. What is the human role, and what is the meaning of race.

As usual, I've found all of these books easy to read and interesting. They each introduce philosophical concepts using icons of pop culture making them easy-to understand and to remember.

In general, I thought this book had better philosophy than others, I found it more interesting. A couple of authors seemed to talk more about the X-Men than of philosophy, but they were interesting to read as well. show less

This book was very difficult to read - not due to the writing style, but the reasoning. Many of their arguments were made in convoluted, over-complicated ways when they could have been stated simply and succinctly. There was also a fair bit of repetition between chapters. I was left with the impression that the authors were trying to stretch a short essay into a full book so as to make some money. If you really want to read this book, try to locate a lend-able copy. Don't spend your own show more dollars on it. show less