The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy: Everything Is Fire

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William Irwin (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) Eric Bronson (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy

Everything Is Fire

William Irwin (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania), Eric Bronson (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

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Wiley
14 October 2011

Fiction companions; Popular philosophy; Society & Social Sciences

Series: The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series

The essential companion to Stieg Larsson's bestselling trilogy and director David Fincher's 2011 film adaptation

Stieg Larsson's bestselling Millennium Trilogy—The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest—is an international phenomenon. These books express Larsson's lifelong war against injustice, his ethical beliefs, and his deep concern for women's rights. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy probes the compelling philosophical issues behind the entire trilogy. What philosophies do Lisbeth Salander and Kant have in common? To catch a criminal, can Lisbeth and Mikael be criminals themselves? Can revenge be ethical? Drawing on some of history's greatest philosophical minds, this book gives fresh insights into Larsson's ingeniously plotted tale of crime and corruption.

Looks at compelling philosophical issues such as a feminist reading of Lisbeth Salander, Aristotelian arguments for why we love revenge, how Kant can explain why so many women sleep with Mikael Blomkvist, and many more Includes a chapter from a colleague of Larsson's—who worked with him in anti-Nazi activities—that explores Larsson's philosophical views on skepticism and quotes from never-before-seen correspondence with Larsson Offers new insights into the novels' key characters, including Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist, and investigates the author, Stieg Larsson

As engrossing as the quest to free Lisbeth Salander from her past, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy is ideal reading for anyone interested in unraveling the subtext and exploring the greater issues at work in the story.

Edited by: Eric Bronson (Toronto Ontario Canada)
Series edited by: William Irwin (Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania)
Imprint: Wiley
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 231mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9780470947586
ISBN 10: 0470947586
Series: The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 14 October 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

ERIC BRONSON is a visiting professor in the Humanities Department at York University in Toronto, Canada. He is the editor of Baseball and Philosophy and Poker and Philosophy and the coeditor of The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy and the forthcoming The Hobbit and Philosophy. WILLIAM IRWIN is a professor of philosophy at King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He originated the philosophy and popular culture genre of books as coeditor of the bestselling The Simpsons and Philosophy and has overseen recent titles including House and Philosophy, Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy, and Mad Men and Philosophy.

Reviews for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy: Everything Is Fire

In this excellent and timely addition to the series, Bronson (humanities, York University, Toronto) pulls together 18 international scholars and writers who examine both Stieg Larsson's novels and the movies based on them. Main characters Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist each receive a section devoted to essays on identity politics, feminist dimensions in culture, and other salient and philosophical concerns they personify. Larsson is treated in a third section of essays, with the final two sections taking on secrets and ethics. Contributors include Karen Adkins (philosophy, Regis Coll.), Ester Pollack (journalism, Stockholm University), Andrew Terjesen, who has contributed to other volumes in the series, and James E. Mahon (philosophy & law, Washington and Lee Univ.). They take up such specific considerations as Lisbeth's sexual identity, Mikael's investigatory methodology, and the ethical nature of social institutions; of course, each essay suggests philosophical assertions that can be and are argued against as well as for, making for a heady and welcome whole. You'll learn how Aristotle and Kant?among others?can be illuminated through the Millennium Trilogy. VERDICT This volume belongs in both popular and scholarly collections. [The book is not an officially licensed product of the Larsson books or the movies.?Ed.]?Francisca Goldsmith, Infopeople Project, Berkeley, CA (Library Journal, November 15, 2011)