A Hero in All of Us?

Stephen Clouse is assistant professor of political science and McMaster professor of constitutional studies at Defiance College. Aaron Kushner is teaching assistant professor and director of undergraduate studies at the School of Civic & Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University.

Introduction: The Nature of a Republican Hero By Stephen Clouse and Aaron Kushner

Part I: Heroes

Chapter 1: Letting the Devil Out: Anger, Mercy, and Justice in Marvel’s Daredevil By Martin Claar

Chapter 2: John Brown: American Hero By S. Adam Seagrave

Chapter 3: Heroes for a Democratic Age: Friendship in Only Murders in the Building By Catherine Craig

Part II: Anti-Heroes

Chapter 4: We Ain’t The Walking Dead By Aaron Kushner

Chapter 5: Defiant Jazz By Jacob Boros

Chapter 6: The (Larry) Davidic Anti-Hero: The Problem of Heroism in Sitcoms By Benjamin Slomski

Part III: Tyrants

Chapter 7: Five (un)Heroic Days at Memorial: Desire, Crisis, and Dubious Democratic Heroism By Trevor Shelley

Chapter 8: Madmen in a Boring World: The Boys and a World Without Heroes By Aaron Kushner

Chapter 9: There is No Justice Unless We Make It: Game of Thrones and Tyranny By Stephen Clouse

Conclusion By Stephen Clouse and Aaron Kushner