The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy Everything Is Fire

by Irwin, William; Bronson, Eric

• ISBN13: 9780470947586
• ISBN10: 0470947586
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The essential companion to Stieg Larssons bestselling trilogy and director David Finchers 2011 film adaptation Stieg Larssons bestselling Millennium Trilogy- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest-is an international phenomenon. These books express Larssons lifelong war against injustice, his ethical beliefs, and his deep concern for womens 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 historys greatest philosophical minds, this book gives fresh insights into Larssons 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 Larssons-who worked with him in anti-Nazi activities-that explores Larssons 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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments: Confidential Sources	p. xv
Introduction: The Girl Who Kicked the Sophists' Nest	p. 1
Lisbeth "The Idiot" Salander
Labeling Lisbeth: Sti(e)gma and Spoiled Identity	p. 7
The Mis-Education of Lisbeth Salander and the Alchemy of the At-Risk Child	p. 19
The Girl Who Turned the Tables: A Queer Reading of Lisbeth Salander	p. 33
Mikael "Do-Gooder" Blomkvist
Why Are So Many Women F***ing Kalle Blomkvist?: Larsson's Philosophy of Female Attraction	p. 49
Why Journalists and Geniuses Love Coffee and Hate Themselves	p. 65
The Making of Kalle Blomkvist: Crime Journalism in Postwar Sweden	p. 75
Stieg Larsson, Mystery Man
The Philosopher Who Knew Stieg Larsson: A Brief Memoir	p. 91
"This Isn't Some Damned Locked-Room Mystery Novel": Is The Millennium Trilogy Popular Fiction or Literature?	p. 107
Why We Enjoy Reading about Men Who Hate Women: Aristotle's Cathartic Appeal	p. 120
The Dragon Tattoo and the Voyeuristic Reader	p. 128
"Everyone has Secrets"
Hacker's Republic: Information Junkies in a Free Society	p. 141
Kicking the Hornet's Nest: The Hidden "Section" in Every Institution	p. 155
Secret Meetings: The Truth Is in the Gossip	p. 166
75,000 Volts of Vengeance Can't be Wrong, Can It?
The Principled Pleasure: Lisbeth's Aristotelian Revenge	p. 181
Acting Out of Duty or Just Acting Out?: Salander and Kant	p. 189
To Catch a Thief: The Ethics of Deceiving Bad People	p. 198
Contributors: The Knights of the Philosophic Table	p. 211
Index: Code Words	p. 217
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