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

Contributor(s): Pérez, Edwardo [editor.] | Brown, Timothy E [editor.]
Language: English Series: The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture seriesPublisher: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2022Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781119635840; 9781119635871; 9781119635826; 9781119635864Subject(s): 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 picturesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Black Panther and philosophyDDC classification: 741.5/973 LOC classification: PN6728.B519338Online resources: Full text is available at Wiley Online Library Click here to view
Contents:
Contributors: One Single Tribe xi Introduction: A Few Words from the Wakandan International Outreach Centre 1Edwardo Pérez and Timothy E. Brown Part I Yibambe! 3 1 Challenge Day: Tradition and Revolution in Wakanda 5Armond Boudreaux 2 Transforming Wakanda: Justice (or Not?) in Black Panther 14Steve Bein and Deana Lewis 3 Sins of the Fathers: Historical Injustice and Its Repair in Black Panther 22Ben Almassi 4 “What Would You Have Wakanda Do about It?”: Black Panther, Global Justice, and African Philosophy 32Christine Hobden 5 T’Challa’s Liberalism and Killmonger’s Pan-Africanism 42Stephen C.W. Graves Part II Wakanda Forever! 51 6 Panther Virtue: The Many Roles of T’Challa 53Mark D. White 7 Should Wakanda Take Over the World? The Ethics of International Power 61Greg Littmann 8 T’Challa, the Revolutionary King: Legitimation Crises in Wakanda 70Kevin J. Porter 9 T’Challa’s Machiavellian Methods 80Ian J. Drake and Matthew B. Lloyd 10 Understanding the Reigns of T’Challa and Killmonger through Hannah Arendt 87Jolynna Sinanan Part III The Heart-Shaped Herb 95 11 Beastly Boys: The Racial-Sexual Politics of Meat 97Sofia Huerter 12 Panther Mystique: Wakandan Feminism Demystified 107J. Lenore Wright and Edwardo Pérez 13 The Ancestral Plane: Metaphysical Mystery or Meaningful Metaphor? 123Dean A. Kowalski 14 The Afterlife of Erik Killmonger in African Philosophy 132Paul A. Dottin 15 Wakandan Resources: The Epistemological Reality of Black Panther’s Fiction 152Ruby Komic Part IV Vibranium 163 16 When Tech Meets Tradition: How Wakandan Technology Transcends Anti-Blackness 165Timothy E. Brown 17 Vibranium Dreams and Afrofuturist Visions: Technology, Nature, and Culture 175Alessio Gerola 18 Black Panther’s Afrofuturism: Reconnecting Neural and Cultural Pathways 184Michael J. Gormley, Benjamin D. Wendorf, and Ryan Solinsky 19 Wakanda and the Dilemma of Racial Utopianism 193Juan M. Floyd-Thomas 20 The Value of Vibranium 203Edwardo Pérez Part V Black Lives Matter 211 21 Dismantling the Master’s House with the Master’s Tools 213Thanayi M. Jackson 22 An Impossible Return? (Anti)Colonialism in/of Black Panther 221Julio C. Covarrubias-Cabeza 23 T’Challa’s Dream and Killmonger’s Means: Echoes of MLK and Malcolm X 230Gerald Browning 24 “It’s Time They Knew the Truth about Us! We’re Warriors!”: Black Panther and the Black Panther Party 238Karen Joan Kohoutek 25 Fear of a Black Museum: Black Existentialism in Black Panther 247Charles F. Peterson Index 256
Summary: "When the character of Black Panther first appeared in Fantastic Four no. 52 in July 1966, legendary creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby didn't just write a story about another hero with extraordinary powers, they birthed the first Black superhero. For Lee, "it was a very normal thing," because "A good many of our people here in America are not white. You've got to recognize that and you've got to include them whatever you do." While it might've seemed normal to Lee, Black Panther's (and Wakanda's) significance cannot be overstated. After all, the first Black superhero isn't just a Black superhero, he's the King of an African nation endowed with otherworldly powers, and Wakanda isn't just an African nation, it's the most advanced civilization the Earth has ever seen. Indeed, it shouldn't be lost on us that when Black Panther was introduced (during the Civil Rights era of the 1960s) the thought of a Black President-or an advanced, futuristic African society-would have been, well, unthinkable for too many people"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributors: One Single Tribe xi Introduction: A Few Words from the Wakandan International Outreach Centre 1Edwardo Pérez and Timothy E. Brown Part I Yibambe! 3 1 Challenge Day: Tradition and Revolution in Wakanda 5Armond Boudreaux 2 Transforming Wakanda: Justice (or Not?) in Black Panther 14Steve Bein and Deana Lewis 3 Sins of the Fathers: Historical Injustice and Its Repair in Black Panther 22Ben Almassi 4 “What Would You Have Wakanda Do about It?”: Black Panther, Global Justice, and African Philosophy 32Christine Hobden 5 T’Challa’s Liberalism and Killmonger’s Pan-Africanism 42Stephen C.W. Graves Part II Wakanda Forever! 51 6 Panther Virtue: The Many Roles of T’Challa 53Mark D. White 7 Should Wakanda Take Over the World? The Ethics of International Power 61Greg Littmann 8 T’Challa, the Revolutionary King: Legitimation Crises in Wakanda 70Kevin J. Porter 9 T’Challa’s Machiavellian Methods 80Ian J. Drake and Matthew B. Lloyd 10 Understanding the Reigns of T’Challa and Killmonger through Hannah Arendt 87Jolynna Sinanan Part III The Heart-Shaped Herb 95 11 Beastly Boys: The Racial-Sexual Politics of Meat 97Sofia Huerter 12 Panther Mystique: Wakandan Feminism Demystified 107J. Lenore Wright and Edwardo Pérez 13 The Ancestral Plane: Metaphysical Mystery or Meaningful Metaphor? 123Dean A. Kowalski 14 The Afterlife of Erik Killmonger in African Philosophy 132Paul A. Dottin 15 Wakandan Resources: The Epistemological Reality of Black Panther’s Fiction 152Ruby Komic Part IV Vibranium 163 16 When Tech Meets Tradition: How Wakandan Technology Transcends Anti-Blackness 165Timothy E. Brown 17 Vibranium Dreams and Afrofuturist Visions: Technology, Nature, and Culture 175Alessio Gerola 18 Black Panther’s Afrofuturism: Reconnecting Neural and Cultural Pathways 184Michael J. Gormley, Benjamin D. Wendorf, and Ryan Solinsky 19 Wakanda and the Dilemma of Racial Utopianism 193Juan M. Floyd-Thomas 20 The Value of Vibranium 203Edwardo Pérez Part V Black Lives Matter 211 21 Dismantling the Master’s House with the Master’s Tools 213Thanayi M. Jackson 22 An Impossible Return? (Anti)Colonialism in/of Black Panther 221Julio C. Covarrubias-Cabeza 23 T’Challa’s Dream and Killmonger’s Means: Echoes of MLK and Malcolm X 230Gerald Browning 24 “It’s Time They Knew the Truth about Us! We’re Warriors!”: Black Panther and the Black Panther Party 238Karen Joan Kohoutek 25 Fear of a Black Museum: Black Existentialism in Black Panther 247Charles F. Peterson Index 256

"When the character of Black Panther first appeared in Fantastic Four no. 52 in July 1966, legendary creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby didn't just write a story about another hero with extraordinary powers, they birthed the first Black superhero. For Lee, "it was a very normal thing," because "A good many of our people here in America are not white. You've got to recognize that and you've got to include them whatever you do." While it might've seemed normal to Lee, Black Panther's (and Wakanda's) significance cannot be overstated. After all, the first Black superhero isn't just a Black superhero, he's the King of an African nation endowed with otherworldly powers, and Wakanda isn't just an African nation, it's the most advanced civilization the Earth has ever seen. Indeed, it shouldn't be lost on us that when Black Panther was introduced (during the Civil Rights era of the 1960s) the thought of a Black President-or an advanced, futuristic African society-would have been, well, unthinkable for too many people"-- Provided by publisher.

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