William Irwin

James B. South

Uses philosophical concepts in metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and political philosophy to analyze the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."

Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale

Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy

Sarah Sammis

These essays illustrate just how disjointed and inconsistent Buffy as a series became over the course of its run. Many of the essays in this book try to follow the behaviors of a character or two throughout the seven years of the show and rationalize through a philosophical theory these actions. It doesn't work except to create a rather dull book. For a better primer to philosophy that also uses a television series as its central theme, read Philosophy and the Simpsons: The D'Oh of Homer.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale

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