Dexter and philosophy: mind over splatter

by Greene, Richard Reisch, George A. Robison-Greene, Rachel

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What explains the huge popular following for Dexter, currently the most-watched show on cable, which sympathetically depicts a serial killer driven by a cruel compulsion to brutally slay one victim after another?. Although Dexter Morgan kills only killers, he is not a vigilante animated by a sense of justice but a charming psychopath animated by a lust to kill, ritualistically and bloodily. However his gory appetite is controlled by "Harry's Code," which limits his victims to those who have got…

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Full title :Dexter and philosophy : mind over splatter / edited by Richard Greene, George A. Reisch, and Rachel Robison-Greene.

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Publication Date:©2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Open Court
Place of Publication:Chicago
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2011.

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Description:1 online resource (xiv, 303 pages).

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780812697261, 081269726X, 1283094665, 9781283094665, 9786613094667, 6613094668
oclc:ocn732958136
LC Classification:PN1992.77.D495
Dewey Decimal:791.45/72

Know thyself? / George A. Reisch -- The killing joke / John Kenneth Muir -- Dexter's pointy ears / Abrol Fairweather -- Dearly damaged Dexter / Daniel Haas -- Can we blame a man with no choice? / Nicolas Michaud -- What Dexter doesn't know can hurt you / Rachel Robison-Greene -- Dexter the self-interpreting animal / Brian Gregor -- Is Dexter Morgan practically perfect in every way? / Richard Greene -- Dexter's mirror / Jerry S. Piven -- A very special kind of monster / Aaron C. Anderson -- The sublime Dexter / Patricia Brace -- Dexter's specimens / Jason Davis -- Pathetic rule follower or vigilante hero? / M. Carmela Epright and Sarah E. Worth -- Deontology in Dahmerland / Sara Waller and Sean McAleer -- Best of luck, Dexter! / Daniel P. Malloy -- Why kill or not kill? That is the question / Sultan Ahmed -- The discipline of Dexter's punishment / Eric Holmes -- Dexter the busy bee / David Ramsay Steele -- You hurt her, you hurt me / Everitt Foster -- Dexter's whiteness / Ewan Kirkland -- Happiness, Dexter style / Mike Piero -- Dexter unmasked / Deborah Mellamphy -- Neither man nor beast / Phillip Deen -- Dexter SPQR / James F. Pontuso -- Dexter's look / Rebecca Steiner Goldner -- …