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Beyond the Law: What is so ‘‘Super’’ About Superheroes and Supervillains?
Bainbridge1 Jason - Personal Name
Both the superhero and the supervillain operate outside the law. The former
replaces lawwith a form of substantive justice while the latter seeks to invert or overturn
the law in favour of a new grundnorm (or anti grundnorm) that best serves their vision
for how society should operate. In this paper I consider what this prefix ‘‘super’’ really
means in relation to these two classes, drawing on Nietzsche’s original definition of the
ubermensch (superman) and its relationship to legal concepts such as the state of
exception, sovereign power and substantive justice. These relationships will be mapped
across a number of examples from the Marvel Studios films—paying particular
attention to the antagonists in thesemovies, both the state and the supervillains, arguing
that it is these antagonists who are most illustrative of these concepts in play.
replaces lawwith a form of substantive justice while the latter seeks to invert or overturn
the law in favour of a new grundnorm (or anti grundnorm) that best serves their vision
for how society should operate. In this paper I consider what this prefix ‘‘super’’ really
means in relation to these two classes, drawing on Nietzsche’s original definition of the
ubermensch (superman) and its relationship to legal concepts such as the state of
exception, sovereign power and substantive justice. These relationships will be mapped
across a number of examples from the Marvel Studios films—paying particular
attention to the antagonists in thesemovies, both the state and the supervillains, arguing
that it is these antagonists who are most illustrative of these concepts in play.
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Supervillains
Superheroes
Comicbooks
Justice Marvel cinematic universe
Comic book movies
Marvel studios
Superhero justice
Nietzsche
Substantive justice
Agamben Sovereign
Sovereignty
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