Hell's Kitchen's Prolonged Crisis and Would-be Sovereigns
Daredevil, Hobbes, and Schmitt
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12379375 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anthony Peter Spanakos (Montclair State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 94-97 |
| Publication date | 2013-12-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | PS Political Science & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-0965 • E-ISSN: 1537-5935 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1049096513001698 |
| OpenAlex | W2169252191 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 9 |
Comic book heroes often have their origins in noir depictions of failed or failing states. The danger involved and the seeming anarchy that necessitates superheroes recall Hobbes's description of a state of nature and Leviathan as resolution. But comic book heroes generally inhabit states that are better identified by the Hobbes-inspired Carl Schmitt. Indeed, this articles argues that while the Hell's Kitchen of Daredevil comics has some characteristics of a state of nature, it is better characterized by the protracted crisis of state that Schmitt sees in liberal democracies. Hobbes and Schmitt elucidate the crisis that generates the need for a superhero but fail to explain why the superhero does not simply take over the city. This is better explained by American concepts of heroism which emphasize redemption and walking away from power (Lawrence and Jewett 2002)
Aesthetics · Art · Comics · LEVIATHAN (cipher · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · State (computer science · State of exception · Law · Literature, Magical Realism, García Márquez · Philosophy · Political Theology and Sovereignty · Violence, Religion, and Philosophy
Behemoth or The Long Parliament
Legality and Legitimacy
Legality and Legitimacy
The Concept of the Political
Thomas Hobbes and the natural law tradition
The crisis of parliamentary democracy
Leviathan; or, the Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth, Ecclesiasticall and Civill
The Concept of the Political
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2020 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |