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    James Bond and philosophy : questions are forever / edited by Jacob M. Held and James B. South.

    Contributor(s): Held, Jacob M, 1977- | South, James B, 1960-Material type: TextTextSeries: Popular culture and philosophy: v. 23.Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Open Court, ©2006Description: xv, 244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN: 0812696077; 9780812696073Subject(s): Fleming, Ian, 1908-1964 -- Philosophy | Fleming, Ian, 1908-1964 -- Characters -- James Bond | Bond, James (Fictitious character) | Spy stories, English -- History and criticism | Fleming, Ian, 1908-1964 -- Film and video adaptations | James Bond films -- History and criticism | Philosophy in literature | Philosophy in motion picturesDDC classification: 823/.914 LOC classification: PR6056.L4 | Z73 2006Online resources: Table of contents | Publisher description
    Contents:
    No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die : Bond, existentialism, and death -- Being-towards-death and taking pleasure in beauty : James Bond and existentialism / Beth Butterfield -- How to live (and how to die) / Mahlete-Tsigé Getachew -- Six to four against : James Bond and the hope for a meaningful life / James B. South -- Mr. Bond is indeed a very rare breed : the man behind the number -- Bond and phenomenology : shaken, not stirred / Suzie Gibson -- He who eats meat wins : appetite, power, and Nietzsche in the novels of Ian Fleming / Susan Matheson -- James Bond : a Nietzschean for the Cold War / Ishay Landa -- Bond as chivalric, comic hero / Charles Taliaferro and Michel Le Gall -- For England, James? : Bond, politics, and law -- The moral status of the Double-0 agent : thinking about the license to kill / Matthew Tedesco -- "Just a stupid policeman" : Bond and the rule of law / Greg Forster -- "Don't you men know any other way?" : punishment beyond retributivism and deterrence / Jacob M. Held -- Oh, don't be an idiot, 007 : knowledge and technology -- The epistemology of James Bond : the logic of abduction / Jerold J. Abrams -- James Bond and Q : Heidegger's technology, or "You're not a sportsman, Mr. Bond" / Steven Zani -- James Bond and the philosophy of technology : it's more than just the gadgets of Q Branch / William J. McKinney -- Why do Chinese girls taste different from all other girls? : multiculturalism, women, and a more sensitive Bond -- "That fatal kiss" : Bond, ethics, and the objectification of women / Robert Arp and Kevin S. Decker -- The new millennium Bond and Yin-Yang Chinese cosmology / Dean A. Kowalski.
    Summary: "A collection of philosophical essays about the fictional world of James Bond as seen in Ian Fleming's novels and the ongoing film series. Issues addressed include existentialism and the good life, crime and punishment, gender politics, the cold war and nuclear proliferation, and human interrelation with technology"--Provided by publisher.
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    "A collection of philosophical essays about the fictional world of James Bond as seen in Ian Fleming's novels and the ongoing film series. Issues addressed include existentialism and the good life, crime and punishment, gender politics, the cold war and nuclear proliferation, and human interrelation with technology"--Provided by publisher.

    Includes bibliographical references and index.

    Includes filmography: pages 229-231.

    No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die : Bond, existentialism, and death -- Being-towards-death and taking pleasure in beauty : James Bond and existentialism / Beth Butterfield -- How to live (and how to die) / Mahlete-Tsigé Getachew -- Six to four against : James Bond and the hope for a meaningful life / James B. South -- Mr. Bond is indeed a very rare breed : the man behind the number -- Bond and phenomenology : shaken, not stirred / Suzie Gibson -- He who eats meat wins : appetite, power, and Nietzsche in the novels of Ian Fleming / Susan Matheson -- James Bond : a Nietzschean for the Cold War / Ishay Landa -- Bond as chivalric, comic hero / Charles Taliaferro and Michel Le Gall -- For England, James? : Bond, politics, and law -- The moral status of the Double-0 agent : thinking about the license to kill / Matthew Tedesco -- "Just a stupid policeman" : Bond and the rule of law / Greg Forster -- "Don't you men know any other way?" : punishment beyond retributivism and deterrence / Jacob M. Held -- Oh, don't be an idiot, 007 : knowledge and technology -- The epistemology of James Bond : the logic of abduction / Jerold J. Abrams -- James Bond and Q : Heidegger's technology, or "You're not a sportsman, Mr. Bond" / Steven Zani -- James Bond and the philosophy of technology : it's more than just the gadgets of Q Branch / William J. McKinney -- Why do Chinese girls taste different from all other girls? : multiculturalism, women, and a more sensitive Bond -- "That fatal kiss" : Bond, ethics, and the objectification of women / Robert Arp and Kevin S. Decker -- The new millennium Bond and Yin-Yang Chinese cosmology / Dean A. Kowalski.

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