Deadpool and Philosophy - My Common Sense Is Tingling

If you know that someone is writing the script of your life, can you really be a hero? Deadpool is the super-anti-hero who knows he's in a comic book. His unique situation and blood-stained history give rise to many philosophical puzzles. Are his actions predetermined by the writers, or does he trick the writers into scripting his choices? And what happens when Deadpool breaks into the real world to kill the writers? Deadpool challenges us to think outside the box, and this collection of essays examines the profound implications of this most contradictory and perplexing comic book character.

About the author

Nicolas Michaud is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Florida State College Jacksonville. He is the editor of Adventure Time and Philosophy: The Handbook for Heroes and Frankenstein and Philosophy: The Shocking Truth. He lives in Jacksonville, FL.

Product details

• Authors: Nicolas Michaud
• Assisted by: Jacob Thomas May (Editor), Nicolas Michaud (Editor)
• Publisher: Open Court
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9780812699494
• ISBN: 978-0-8126-9949-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 226 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 464 g
• Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy; Popular Culture and Philosophy; Popular Culture & Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Essays