"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and Philosophy
Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale

In the tradition of the classic horror films Buffy the Vampire Slayer addresses ethical issues that have long fascinated audiences. Here are 23 philosophical essays examining crucial ethical and metaphysical aspects of a pop-culture phenomenon.

Twenty-three essays by philosophers examine crucial ethical and metaphysical aspects of the Buffyverse. Though the show has already attracted much scholarly attention, this book fully disinters the intellectual issues, the author stating that the main point of the book is to demonstarte that philosophy can bring much to the watching of Buffy. In the tradition of the classic horror films "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" addresses ethical issues that have long fascinated audiences. This finds the ethical and metaphysical lessons in a pop-culture phenomenon. It explains how the nature of the forces of evil continually threaten to surge into our world of everyday decency and overwhelm it. Writer Joss Whedon designed Buffy as a multi-level story with most of its meanings buried in heaps of heavy irony and this book examines if Buffy's religious symbolism can be squared with Whedon's professed atheism. It asks is Buffy a Kierkegaardian knight of faith? What light does the show's treatment of vampires, demons and other weird entities shed on our ethical attitudes to non-humans? Does Buffy's sacrifice of her own life indicate the fatal tendency of feminist ethics to degenerate into self-abnegati

Part 1 The Burden Of Slayerness: Buffy, Faith, And Feminism: Faith And Plato - "You're nothing! Disgusting, Murderous Bitch!"
Also Sprach Faith - The Problem Of The Happy Rogue Vampire Slayer
Buffy And Feminist Ethics
"Buffy The Vampire Slayer" As Feminist Noir
Feminism And The Ethics Of Violence - Why Buffy Kicks Ass. Part 2 Don't Speak Latin In Front Of The Books: Knowledge, Rationality, And Science In The Buffyverse
Balderdash And Chicanery - Science And Beyond In "Buffy The Vampire Slayer"
Pluralism, Pragmatism, And Pals - The Slayer Subverts The Science Wars
Between Heaven And Hells - Multidimensional Cosmology In Kant And "Buffy The Vampire Slayer"
Buffy Goes To College, Adam Murders To Dissect - Education And Knowledge In A Postmodern World
"My God, It's Like A Greek Tragedy" - Willow Rosenberg And Human Irrationality. Part 3 Sacred Duty, Yadda, Yadda, Yadda: Buffy And Ethics: Should We Do What Buffy Would Do?
Passion And Action - In And Out Of Control
Buffy In The Buff - A Slayer's Solution To Aristotle's Love Paradox
A Kantian Analysis Of Moral Judgement In "Buffy The Vampire Slayer". Part 4 That's The Kind Of Woolly-Headed Thinking That Leads To Being Eaten: Religion And Politics in the Buffyverse: - Brown Skirts - Fascism, Christianity, And The Eternal Demon
Prophecy Girl And The Powers That Be - The Philosophy Of Religion In The Buffyverse
Justifying The Means - Punishment In The Buffyverse
No Big Win - Themes Of Sacrifice, Salvation, And Redemption
Old Familiar Vampires - Radicalism And Liberailism In The Politics Of The Buffyverse. Part 5 You're All Slaves To The Television: Watching Buffy: Morality On Television - The Case Of Buffy The Vampire Slayer
High School Is Hell - Metaphor Made Literal
Feeling For Buffy - The Girl Next Door.