Dark Right · Batman Viewed From the Right

Dark Right · Batman Viewed From the Right
Authors
Johnson, Greg
Publisher
Counter-Currents Publishing
Tags
politics , superman , batman , frank miller , philosophy , superheroes , the joker , zack snyder , christopher nolan
ISBN
9781940933528
Date
2018-03-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.32 MB
Lang
en
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Why is Batman a staple of Right-wing discussions and memes? The entire superhero genre is inherently anti-liberal, for even though superheroes generally fight for liberal humanist values, they do so outside the law. They are vigilantes, and vigilantism only becomes necessary when the liberal system breaks down.

But the character of Batman, particularly after being rebooted in Frank Miller's *The Dark Knight Returns* and developed in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy, is not just anti-liberal, but decidedly Right-wing. The essays in *Dark Right* show us why, focusing on Traditionalist, masculinist, and New Right themes in Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy, but also exploring other films, comics, and graphic novels.

*Dark Right* includes essays by the leading cultural critics of the New Right, including editors Greg Johnson and Gregory Hood, plus Trevor Lynch, Jason Reza Jorjani, Christopher Pankhurst, Will Windsor, James J. O'Meara, Zachary O. Ray, Jonathan Bowden, Spencer J. Quinn, David Yorkshire, and Andrew Hamilton.