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Index
Acknowledgments: Confidential Sources
Introduction: The Girl Who Kicked the Sophists’ Nest
Part One: Lisbeth “The Idiot” Salander
Chapter 1: Labeling Lisbeth: Sti(e)gma and Spoiled Identity
The Right to Remain Sullen
I Know You Are but What Am I?
Girls, Interrupted
Chapter 2: The Mis-Education of Lisbeth Salander and the Alchemy of the At-Risk Child
Knowledge Is Power
No Child Left Unharmed
Intellectual Gifts
Panoptic Power
Teach . . . Your Children Well
I Don’t Wanna Be Learned!
Chapter 3: The Girl Who Turned the Tables: A Queer Reading of Lisbeth Salander
“I Am Also an Alien”: The Girl Who Was Not One
The Masculinity of Violence
“I Can Be a Regular Bitch. Just Try Me”
“You Have the Right to Remain Silent”
Sexuality and Representation
Part Two: Mikael “Do-Gooder” Blomkvist
Chapter 4: Why Are So Many Women F***ing Kalle Blomkvist?: Larsson’s Philosophy of Female Attraction
All Out of Love
Lonely Is the Night
Even the Nights Are Better
The One That You Love
Just as I Am
Chapter 5: Why Journalists and Geniuses Love Coffee and Hate Themselves
A Krona for Your Thoughts
Let Them Eat Cake! (but First, a Cup of Coffee)
The Lost Café
One for the Road
Chapter 6: The Making of Kalle Blomkvist: Crime Journalism in Postwar Sweden
The Journalist as a Mouthpiece for Political Power
The Journalist as a Critic of the Welfare State
The Journalist as an Interpreter of the Culture of Violence
The Journalist as a Crime Scriptwriter
One Hundred Cases of Deadly Violence
In the Footsteps of Heroes
Part Three: Stieg Larsson, Mystery Man
Chapter 7: The Philosopher Who Knew Stieg Larsson: A Brief Memoir
Exposing Extremist Activities
Stieg as a Writer
Anti-Semitism as a Litmus Test
Disclosing the Sweden Democrats
A Determined Democrat
Feminism and Honor Killings
Against Pseudoscience
Racist Pseudoscience
Stieg as a Skeptic
Stieg as a Fiction Writer
Chapter 8: “This Isn’t Some Damned Locked-Room Mystery Novel”: Is The Millennium Trilogy Popular Fiction or Literature?
Popular Fiction and Locked Rooms: Why Do We Enjoy Mysteries?
War of the Words: Fiction with a Purpose
It’s All Relative: Culture, Fiction, and Literature
Stieg Larsson and the Girl Who Redefined Crime Fiction?
Chapter 9: Why We Enjoy Reading about Men Who Hate Women: Aristotle’s Cathartic Appeal
“Bring Me the Man-Killing Ax!”
Aristotle’s Catharsis
Nussbaum’s Clarification
Salander’s Satisfying Revenge
Chapter 10: The Dragon Tattoo and the Voyeuristic Reader
Escapism or Exposure?
The Desensitized Audience
Lisbeth Salander: A Complex Heroine
Part Four: “Everyone Has Secrets”
Chapter 11: Hacker’s Republic: Information Junkies in a Free Society
What Is a Hacker?
The Hacker Ethic
The Hacker Millennium
The Mighty Citizen
Watching the Watchers
The Hornet’s Nest
Chapter 12: Kicking the Hornet’s Nest: The Hidden “Section” in Every Institution
Just a Few Bad Apples or the Whole Darn Tree?
Keeping Order versus Achieving Justice
Institutions and Patriarchy: Men Who Hate Women
Chapter 13: Secret Meetings: The Truth Is in the Gossip
Can I Trust You with This?
What’s Mine Is Mine (Unless You Take It)
The Grapevine Goes Digital
Small Talk about Big People
Why I Can Trust You with This
Part Five: 75,000 Volts of Vengeance Can’t Be Wrong, Can It?
Chapter 14: The Principled Pleasure: Lisbeth’s Aristotelian Revenge
Punishment and Revenge
Best Served Cold
Rhetoric of Revenge
Chapter 15: Acting Out of Duty or Just Acting Out?: Salander and Kant
Criminal Intent
Heroes and Hacks
Practical Help
The Injustice System
Chapter 16: To Catch a Thief: The Ethics of Deceiving Bad People
The Journalist Who Fights Fire with Fire
Salander’s Principles
Contributors: The Knights of the Philosophic Table
Index: Code Words
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