The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy: You Must Unlearn What You Have LearnedJason T. Eberl, Kevin S. Decker Does it take faith to be a Jedi? Are droids capable of thought? Should Jar Jar Binks be held responsible for the rise of the Empire? Presenting entirely new essays, no aspect of the myth and magic of George Lucas’s creation is left philosophically unexamined in The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy.
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Contents
Stoic Philosophy | 20 |
Scars of Nihilism | 42 |
CONTENTS | 65 |
Mercenary Agency | 79 |
A Theodicy of the Force | 100 |
Revenge of the Alliance | 115 |
Loyalty | 136 |
A New Hermeneutic | 159 |
What Is It Like to Be a Jedi? A Life in the Force | 208 |
An Inquiry Concerning Jedi | 219 |
Return of the NonHuman | 229 |
Can Chewie Speak? Wittgenstein and the Philosophy | 240 |
Can the Zillo Beast Strike Back? Cloning Deextinction | 250 |
The Fandom Awakens | 261 |
Star Wars Emotions and the Paradox of Fiction | 274 |
CONTENTS | 287 |
Fear of the Flesh | 172 |
Moral Status in the Star | 183 |
Metaphysics Strikes Back | 193 |
Troopers of the 501st Legion | 308 |
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