INDICE: Introduction: Socrates, Plato, and Frank1. Of Sheep, Shepherds, and a Wolf in Sheep s Clothing: The Cynical View of Politics in House of Cards and Plato s RepublicJames Ketchen and Michael Yeo2. Being Versus Seeming: Socrates and the Lessons of Francis Underwood?s AsidesJohnScott GrayImagining Possibilities: American Ideals in House of Cards3. Frank Underwood Gives the Ideal Society a Reality CheckBrian Kogelmann4. What Will We Leave Behind? : Claire Underwood s American DreamSarah J. Palm and Kenneth W. StikkersCharacterizing Frank: Übermensch or the Prince5. Underwood as Übermensch: A Postmodern Play of PowerLeslie A. Aarons6. Why Underwood is Frankly Not an ÜbermenschMatt Meyer7. American MachiavelliGreg Littmann8. Machiavelli Would Not Be ImpressedDon Fallis9. Is Frank the Man for the Job?: House of Cards and the Problem of Dirty HandsTomer J. PerryClassical Liberalism and Democracy10. Frank the Foole, Upon a House of CardsShane D. Courtland11. Hobbes and Frank on Why Democracy is OverratedSteven Michels12. Democracy is So Overrated : The Shortcomings of Popular RuleBrendan Shea13. Money gives power well, a run for its money : Marx s Observations on Why Capital and not Frank is really in Charge of the White HouseChris Byron and Nathan Wood14. Freedom and Democracy in a House of FearRoberto Sirvent and Ian DiorioIntrapersonal Relationships, Sexuality, and Race in House of Cards15. Under the Covers with the Underwoods: The Sexual Politics of the Underwood MarriageJason Southworth and Ruth Tallman16. The Spice of White Life: Freddy and Racist RepresentationsStephanie Rivera Berruz17. Broken Friendships and the Pathology of Corporate Personhood in House of CardsMyron Moses JacksonExistential Realities: Self–Love and Freedom18. Praying to One s Self, for One s Self: Frank s Ethics and Politics of Auto–EroticismKody W. Cooper19. Existential Freedom, Self–Interest, and the Underwoods UnderhandednessJ. Edward HackettLet me Be Frank with You: Agency, Aesthetics and Intention20. Rooting for the Villain: Frank Underwood and the Lack of Imaginative ResistanceLászló Kajtár21. Frank Underwood?s IntentionsAngelica Kaufmann22. Francis Underwood s Magical Political Mystery Tour Is Dying to Take You Away; Dying to Take You Away, Take You TodayAustin Dressen and Charles TaliaferroVirtue and Character in House of Cards23. Frank Underwood and the Virtue of FriendshipKatherine Johnson24. Have You No Decency?:Who isWorse, Claire or Frank?Randall AuxierPresident Underwood s White House Staff (Contributors)
- ISBN: 978-1-119-09277-3
- Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 296
- Fecha Publicación: 20/11/2015
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés