Black Panther and Philosophy - Paperback Book - What Can Wakanda Offer the World? - by W Irwin - 9781119635840 - John Wiley and Sons Ltd

In Black Panther and Philosophy: What Can Wakanda Offer The World, a diverse panel of experts delivers incisive critical reflections on the Oscar-winning 2018 film, Black Panther, and the comic book mythology that preceded it. The collection explores historical and contemporary issues—including colonialism, slavery, the Black Lives Matter movement, intersectionality, and identity—raised by the superhero tale.

Beyond discussions of the influences of race and ethnicity on the most critically and culturally significant movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this book presents the moral, feminist, metaphysical, epistemological, existential, and Afrofuturistic issues framing Black Panther’s narrative. The explorations of these issues shed light on our increasingly interconnected world and allow the reader to consider engaging questions like:

Should Wakanda rule the world?

Was Killmonger actually a victim?

Do Wakanda’s Black Lives Matter?

Does hiding in the shadows make Wakanda guilty?

What does Wakanda have to offer the world?