[ecrea] CFA: Deadpool and Philosophy

Call for Abstracts
Deadpool and Philosophy
Edited by Nicolas Michaud and Jacob May
Sent abstracts to: (philosophylives /at/ gmail.com)
<mailto:(philosophylives /at/ gmail.com)>

The Open Court Philosophy and Pop Culture Series

Please circulate and post widely. Apologies for Cross-posting.

Abstracts and subsequent essays must be accessible to a lay audience as
well as philosophically substantial. All writing should be engaging and
directly relevant to Deadpool film, comics, and games. Each chapter
accepted for publication must address the character from a philosophical
perspective. The chapters must be pointed and direct, engaging
philosophical tools and theories to highlight insights revealed by
Deadpool. This text, in particular, is an opportunity to have fun with
the reader through philosophy. Authors are encouraged to be snarky,
funny, and perhaps occasionally rude. But as philosophers, the last one
should be no problem.

***The 10 to 12-paged papers are written in a conversational style***

Submission Guidelines:

Submission deadline for abstracts (100-500 words) and CV’s: March 1st
Notification of accepted abstracts: March 7th
Submission deadline for first drafts of accepted papers:  May 1st

Kindly submit abstract (with or without Word attachment) and CV by email
to: Nicolas Michaud ((philosophylives /at/ gmail.com)
<mailto:(philosophylives /at/ gmail.com)>).

Possible topics include…

•       Can Deadpool be a virtuous hero and still commit murder?
•       Deadpool gets paid for his good deeds. Can he truly be
considered a hero?
•       The 4th Wall, Existence, and Literature. What kind of existence
do literary characters have if they “know” they are in a comic book?
•       Deadpool seems to have a deeper awareness of self and the maya;
how can that be coherent with his violence?
•       Deadpool and Immortality—Is it so good to never die?
•       The Virtue of Humor—Making fun of Wolverine.
•       Deadpool and Camus. Our hero knows he is in a comic book but is
powerless to escape, can he make meaning out of meaninglessness?
•       How does Deadpool’s past reflect on the power of genetics and
upbringing? •       Deadpool and the Problem of Identity. Is Deadpool
really Wade Wilson?
•       Which of his personalities are the “real” Deadpool?
•       Why let the child die? (the Apocalypse conundrum).
•       The Multiverse Paradox – Rounding up the Deadpool Corps together
in one universe.
•       Deadpool kills the Marvel Universe – what happens when Deadpool
breaks into the “real-world” to kill the writers?
•       Deadpool and Destruction of the Self – Is hunting down all
versions of himself a form of suicide?
•       If one knows that one’s fate is “written” can one be 
said to be
free?

Please visit http://www.opencourtbooks.com/categories/pcp.htm for more
information on Open Court’s Pop Culture and Philosophy series. To
propose ideas for future volumes in the Open Court series please contact
the Series Editor, George A. Reisch, at: (pcpideas /at/ gmail.com)
<mailto:(pcpideas /at/ gmail.com)>.

Thank you!
Nicolas Michaud

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