Table of Contents
Oh, spare me this sentimental rubbish.
Acknowledgements
Tell me, Commander, how far does your expertise extend into the field of philosophy?
Introduction
Section I
No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die.
Bond, Existentialism, and Death
1. Being-Towards-Death and Taking Pleasure in Beauty: James Bond and Existentialism
ELIZABETH BUTTERFIELD
2. How to Live (and how to die)
MAHLETE-TSIGÉ GETACHEW
3. “Six to Four Against:” James Bond and the Hope for a Meaningful Life
JAMES B. SOUTH
Section II
Mr. Bond is indeed a very rare breed.
The Man Behind the Number
4. James Bond and the Phenomenology of Merleau-Ponty – Carnal Life: Shaken, not Stirred.
SUZIE GIBSON
5. He Who Eats Meat Wins: Appetite, Power, and Nietzsche in the Novels of Ian Fleming
SUSAN MATHESON
6. James Bond: A Nietzschean for the Cold War
ISHAY LANDA
7. Bond as Chivalric, Comic Hero
CHARLES TALIAFERRO and MICHEL Le GALL
Section III
For England, James?
Bond, Politics, and Law
8. The Moral Status of the Double-0 Agent: Thinking About the License to Kill
MATTHEW TEDESCO
9. “Just a Stupid Policeman”: Bond and the Rule of Law
GREG FORSTER
10. “Don’t You Men Know Any Other Way?” Punishment Beyond Retributivism and Deterrence
JACOB M. HELD
Section IV
Oh, don’t be an idiot, 007.
Knowledge and Technology
11. The Epistemology of James Bond: The Logic of Abduction
JEROLD J. ABRAMS
12. James Bond and Q: Heidegger’s Technology, or “You’re Not a Sportsman, Mr. Bond.”
STEVEN ZANI
13. James Bond and the Philosophy of Technology: It’s More Than Just the Gadgets of Q Branch
WILLIAM J. McKINNEY
Section V
Why do Chinese girls taste different from all other girls?
Multiculturalism, Women, and a More Sensitive Bond
14. “That Fatal Kiss”: Bond, Ethics, and the Objectification of Women
ROBERT ARP and KEVIN S. DECKER
15. The New Millennium Bond and Yin-Yang Chinese Cosmology
DEAN A. KOWALSKI
James Bond will Return – Movie Guide
For Your Eyes Only – About the Authors
Index provided courtesy of Universal Exports
Last Updated: October 2006