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Index
Cover
The Blackwell Philosophy and PopCulture Series
Title page
Copyright page
Introduction: “Gotta Look This Life in the Eye”
Acknowledgments: Thanks to the Reaper Crew
Part I: “AN EQUAL MIX OF MIGHT AND RIGHT”: ETHICS AT 92 MPH
CHAPTER 1: Virtue and Vice in the SAMCROpolis: Aristotle Views Sons of Anarchy
“Balance Between Might and Right”
“What Kind of Nasty Shit Did Your Momma Do to You?”
“A Unique Little Town”
“I’m Not Sure Which Cancer’s Worse: the One in Me or the One in Charming”
“It’s in You. It’s Who You Are”
Notes
CHAPTER 2: A Prospect’s Guide to Nietzsche
SAMCRO’s Master Morality
“A Student’s Prank”
“I’m Going to Bury These Assholes”
“The Good Guys Need a Win”
Why Do We Love These Criminals?
Notes
CHAPTER 3: Tig Needs an Escort Home: Is Loyalty a Virtue?
“What We Are”
“Rats Deserve to Die”
Can Loyalty Make Jax Do Bad Things?
A Virtuous Escort?
Notes
CHAPTER 4: A Saint among the Sons: Aquinas on Murder and the Men of Mayhem
Murder in Charming
The Cop and the Outlaw
God and “Mister Mayhem”
To Kill or To Be Killed: That Is the Question!
Murder Redux
Notes
Part II: “OFF THE SOCIAL GRID”: THE POLITICS OF MAYHEM
CHAPTER 5: SAMCRO versus the Leviathan: Laying Down the (Motor)Cycle of Violence
“Off the Social Grid”
“Not Violent by Nature”
“Nasty, Brutish, and Short”
“We All Want the Same Thing Here”
“Retaliation Must Be Harsh and Immediate”
Sons of Anarchy/Sons of Pride
Notes
CHAPTER 6: “The Rat Prince” and The Prince: The Machiavellian Politics of the MC
“True Freedom Requires Sacrifice and Pain”
“Blood Was Every Color”
“Some Kind of Balance”
“Strength Comes From Good Things”
Notes
CHAPTER 7: Chaos and Order: Anarchy in the MC
Sons of Anarchy, Not Chaos!
Anarchy 101
The “Rebellious Fire” of the First 9
Living Off the Social Grid
There’s No “I” in “Motorcycle Club”
Something’s Rotten …
Notes
CHAPTER 8: “Another Fun-Filled Day in the Six Counties”: The Real IRA–Terrorists or Freedom Fighters?
“They Think Every Act of Violence Is Their Republic Duty”
“We’re Not Merchants, We’re Soldiers”
“The All-Seeing, All-Knowing Wizard of East Belfast”
“Our Good Priest Getting a Might Too Godly for His Collar”
Terrorists, Freedom Fighters, and Thugs
Notes
CHAPTER 9: SAMCRO Goes to War
“I Don’t Recognize Your Bullshit MC”
“Can’t Get Used to Losing You”
“I Believe in Family”
“You Are a Fascist Pig”
Bad Guys or Good Guys?
Notes
Part III: “THE CONCEPT WAS PURE, SIMPLE, TRUE”: BIKER IDENTITY AND MEANING
CHAPTER 10: My Skin, My Self: SAMCRO’s Ink and Personal Identity
I “Ink,” Therefore I Am3
Badass Aesthetics
Indelible Images and Inexhaustible Meanings
“Fire or Knife?”
Nobody Wants to Be a Shithead
Notes
CHAPTER 11: The Faith of Our Sons and the Tragic Quest
The Tragedy of Jax Teller, Prince of Charming
The Soul of a Man
MC and MB: Hunters, Warriors, and Bikers
The Grim Face of the Sons of Anarchy
Hierophanies of Death: SOA’s Reaper and the Cult of Santa Muerte
The Tragic Flaws in the Faith of SAMCRO
Notes
CHAPTER 12: Once a Biker Slut, Always a Biker Slut: Narrative Identity in Charming
“What Have You Done With Tara?”
“Well, I Guess Someone’s True Colors Finally Bled Through”
“What Kind of Nasty Shit Did Your Momma Do to You?”: Tig’s Character
“I Got This”: Opie’s Promises
“Once a Biker Slut, Always a …”
The Death of John Teller and the Life of SAMCRO
Notes
CHAPTER 13: SAMCRO and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Zen and the Art of Brawling, Riding, and Picking Up Girls
Heidegger on Hand-Jobs
The Problem of Dirty, Oily Hands
Porn Stars and Other Mounts
The Buddha and the Biker
Notes
Part IV: “THE PASSION IN HIS HEART AND THE REASON IN HIS MIND”: SEX, LOVE, AND GENDER
CHAPTER 14: Sometimes a Motorcycle Is Just a Motorcycle: Freud and Hamlet Come to Charming
“What Kind of Nasty Shit Did Your Momma Do to You?”
“I Learned From the Best”
“It’s Just Fear and Greed Now”
What’s With All That Chain Smoking?
“Balance”
Notes
CHAPTER 15: When a Charming Woman Speaks
“She’s Just an Old Lady?”
“Family Is Everything”
“Men Need to Own Their Pussy”
“You Don’t Have a Normal Life, Baby—You Have This One”
Notes
CHAPTER 16: Mothers of Anarchy: Power, Control, and Care in the Feminine Sphere
“Gemma? She’s Just an Old Lady”
“God Wants Me to Be a Fierce Mother”
“My Job as Your Old Lady Is to Be Strong When and Where You Can’t Be”
Notes
Part V: “EACH SAVAGE EVENT WAS A CATALYST FOR THE NEXT”: THE HISTORIC AND THE HOMERIC
CHAPTER 17: Sons of History: How SAMCRO Lost and Found Its Way
“For Ten Years I Gave Up on this Club. Rode My Limit Just to Keep the Patch”
Time Wounds All Heals
“Who’s That Writin’?”
“The Past Is Never Dead. It’s Not Even Past”16
Notes
CHAPTER 18: Anarchism and Authenticity, or Why SAMCRO Shouldn’t Fight History
“I’m Looking Forward to Working with You, Mr. Marks”
Sons of Anarcho-Syndicalism
SAMCRO’s Class Struggle
“Shuffle on Back to Mayberry”
“We Got a Little History—Let’s Talk About the Present”
Notes
CHAPTER 19: Good Old Fashioned Mayhem
“I Got This”: The Way of the Warrior
Fighting Dirty: Brutality and Revenge
“God Wants Me to Be a Fierce Mother”
Laws of the Outlaws
Do Fear the Reaper
Notes
CHAPTER 20: The Road Out of Mayhem
Father of Anarchy
“You Can’t Sit in this Chair Without Being a Savage”
Plato Takes Abel Out of a Bad Environment
Aristotle versus the Outlaws
How Many Miles to Utopia?
Notes
Contributors: Philosophers of Mayhem
List of Episodes: The Life (and Death?) of Sam Crow
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Index
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