Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
Transformative Works and Cultures
Publication Date
10-7-2013
Abstract
Comic book superheroes tend to be conservative and their opponents progressive. Here I explore the reasons for heroic conservatism, review recent disruptions to the trend, and consider what superhuman politics can tell us about our own transhuman and science fictional conditions.
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ISSN
Publisher
Transformative Works and Cultures
Volume
17
Disciplines
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Recommended Citation
Evans, Woody, "Why they won't save us: Political dispositions in the conflicts of superheroes" (2013). All Works. 4002.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/4002
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Open Access
yes
Open Access Type
Gold: This publication is openly available in an open access journal/series