I was a bit perplexed by the authors' occasional disparaging remarks about 'rugged individualism' and the claim, with little discussion, that Whedon's works critique it in favor of a communitarian existentialist ethic. Given Whedon's own statements about the influence of Sartre's Nausea and Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus, the premise isn't a terrible stretch to begin with, but Richardson and Rabb do a good job of fleshing it out. I was a bit perplexed by the authors' occasional disparaging remarks about 'rugged individualism' and the c Overall a good analysis of Whedon's Buffyverse and Firefly 'Verse from an understanding of existentialist philosophy, especially in terms of ethics and individual freedom. Overall a good analysis of Whedon's Buffyverse and Firefly 'Verse from an understanding of existentialist philosophy, especially in terms of ethics and individual freedom. Chapters cover such topics as Russian existentialism and vampire slayage moral choices ethics Faith and bad faith constructing reality through existential choice some limitations of science and technology love and self-sacrifice love, witchcraft, and vengeance soul mates and moral responsibility love and moral choice forms of freedom and Whedon as moral philosopher.more Dostoevsky treats the subject only slightly more seriously. Whedon personifies these demons and has them wandering about and causing havoc. Both argue that in each and every one of us a demon lies hidden. Whedon and Dostoevsky, for example, seem preoccupied with the problem of evil and human freedom. The authors argue that these works are part of an existentialist tradition that stretches back from the French atheistic existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre, through the Danish Christian existentialist Soren Kierkegaard, to the Russian novelist and existentialist Fyodor Dostoevsky. The authors argue that these works are part of an existentialist tradition that stretches back from the French atheistic existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre, through the Danish Christian existentialist Soren Kierkegaard, to the Russian novelist and existentialist Fyodor D This study examines the major works of contemporary American television and film screenwriter Joss Whedon. This study examines the major works of contemporary American television and film screenwriter Joss Whedon.

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