Black Panther and Philosophy

A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, and a healthy helping of popular culture clears the cobwebs from Kant. Philosophy has had a public relations problem for a few centuries now. This series aims to change that, showing that philosophy is relevant to your life – and not just for answering the big questions like “To be or not to be?” but for answering the little questions: “To watch or not to watch South Park ?” Thinking deeply about TV, movies, and music doesn’t make you a “complete idiot.” In fact it might make you a philosopher, someone who believes the unexamined life is not worth living and the unexamined cartoon is not worth watching.

Already published in the series:

The Avengers and Philosophy: Earth’s Mightiest ThinkersEdited by Mark D. White

Batman and Philosophy: The Dark Knight of the SoulEdited by Mark D. White and Robert Arp

The Big Bang Theory and Philosophy: Rock, Paper, Scissors, Aristotle, LockeEdited by Dean Kowalski

BioShock and Philosophy: Irrational Game, Rational BookEdited by Luke Cuddy

Doctor Strange and Philosophy: The Other Book of Forbidden KnowledgeEdited by Mark D. White

Dungeons and Dragons and Philosophy: Read and Gain Advantage on All Wisdom ChecksEdited by Christopher Robichaud

Game of Thrones and Philosophy: Logic Cuts Deeper Than SwordsEdited by Henry Jacoby

The Good Place and Philosophy: Everything is Fine!Edited by Kimberly S. Engels

Green Lantern and Philosophy: No Evil Shall Escape this BookEdited by Jane Dryden and Mark D. White

The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy: Hogwarts for MugglesEdited by Gregory Bassham

The Hobbit and Philosophy: For When You’ve Lost Your Dwarves, Your Wizard, and Your WayEdited by Gregory Bassham and Eric Bronson

Iron Man and Philosophy: Facing the Stark RealityEdited by Mark D. White

LEGO and Philosophy: Constructing Reality Brick By BrickEdited by Roy T. Cook and Sondra Bacharach

Metallica and Philosophy: A Crash Course in Brain SurgeryEdited by William Irwin

The Ultimate South Park and Philosophy: Respect My Philosophah!Edited by Robert Arp and Kevin S. Decker

Spider-Man and Philosophy: The Web of InquiryEdited by Jonathan J. Sanford

The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy: You Must Unlearn What You Have LearnedEdited by Jason T. Eberl and Kevin S. Decker

Superman and Philosophy: What Would the Man of Steel Do?Edited by Mark D. White

Watchmen and Philosophy: A Rorschach TestEdited by Mark D. White

Wonder Woman and Philosophy: The Amazonian MystiqueEdited by Jacob M. Held

X-Men and Philosophy: Astonishing Insight and Uncanny Argument in the Mutant X-VerseEdited by Rebecca Housel and J. Jeremy Wisnewski

Forthcoming

Avatar: The Last Airbender and PhilosophyEdited by Helen De Cruz and Johan De Smedt

Dune and PhilosophyEdited by Kevin S. Decker

Indiana Jones and PhilosophyEdited by Dean A. Kowalski

Star Wars and Philosophy Strikes BackEdited by Jason T. Eberl and Kevin S. Decker

For the full list of titles in the series see www.andphilosophy.com

Edited by

Edwardo PérezTimothy E. Brown

This edition first published 2022

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Pérez, Edwardo, editor. | Brown, Timothy E., editor.

Title: Black Panther and philosophy : what can Wakanda offer the world? / edited by Edwardo Pérez and Timothy E. Brown.

Description: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2022. | Series: The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021033084 (print) | LCCN 2021033085 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119635840 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119635826 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119635864 (epub) | ISBN 9781119635871 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Black Panther (Fictitious character) | Black Panther (Motion picture : 2018) | Superheroes, Black. | Comic books, strips, etc.--United States--History. | Afrofuturism. | Philosophy in literature. | Philosophy in motion pictures.

Classification: LCC PN6728.B519338 B55 2022 (print) | LCC PN6728.B519338 (ebook) | DDC 741.5/973--dc23

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