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Cover Page
Title Page
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Contents
Introduction: Philosophy and the Western
Part 1: The Cowboy Way: The Essence of the Western Hero
“Do Not Forsake Me, Oh, My Darling”: Loneliness and Solitude in Westerns
Civilization and Its Discontents: The Self-Sufficient Western Hero
Mommas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Pragmatists
Two Ways to Yuma: Locke, Liberalism, and Western Masculinity in 3:10 to Yuma
Landscapes of Gendered Violence: Male Love and Anxiety on the Railroad
Part 2: The Code of the West: The Cowboy and Society
“Order Out of the Mud”: Deadwood and the State of Nature
Order without Law: The Magnificent Seven, East and West
From Dollars to Iron: The Currency of Clint Eastwood's Westerns
The Duty of Reason: Kantian Ethics in High Noon
Part 3: Outlaws: Challenging Conventions of the Western
The Cost of the Code: Ethical Consequences in High Noon and The Ox-Bow Incident
“Back Off to What?” The Search for Meaning in The Wild Bunch
No Country for Old Men: The Decline of Ethics and the West(ern)
The Northwestern: McCabe and Mrs. Miller
Part 4: On the Fringe: The Encounter with the Other
Savage Nations: Native Americans and the Western
Regeneration through Stories and Song: The View from the Other Side of the West in Smoke Signals
Go West, Young Woman! : Hegel's Dialectic and Women's Identities in Western Films
Beating a Live Horse: The Elevation and Degradation of Horses in Westerns
Selected Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index
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