Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight (2nd Edition)
Batman and Psychology returns!
This updated edition of the acclaimed best-seller shares fresh insights and truths about human nature by investigating Batman, one of the world's most compelling and enduring characters since his debut in 1939. Why does this superhero without superpowers fascinate us? What does that fascination say about us? Explore these and other intriguing questions about the masked hero, including: Does Batman show PTSD or posttraumatic growth? Why does he fight crime? Why as a vigilante? Why the mask, the bat, and the underage partner? Why are his most intimate relationships with "bad girls" he ought to lock up? And why won't he kill that homicidal clown?
With new chapters and updated information throughout along with a re-introduction by Michael Uslan (executive producer - Batman, The Dark Knight, The Batman), Batman and Psychology combines psychological theory and research to dive into his city's shadows and his cave's depths to know the mind of the Dark Knight, along with his power to inspire.
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Book details
- Author
- Travis Langley
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 388
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Series
- Popular Culture Psychology
- Subjects
- Psychology › Psychopathology › Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Social Science › Criminology
Comics & Graphic Novels › Superheroes - Topics
- hero · superhero · leader · Dark Knight · PTSD · Comics · Bruce Wayne · Gotham
- ISBN-13
- 9781684428557 (Paperback)9781684428564 (Hardcover)
About the author
Dr. Travis Langley , distinguished professor of psychology at Henderson State University, is best-known as the author of the acclaimed book Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight. He has edited 12 Popular Culture Psychology anthologies. Documentaries such as AMC Visionaries” Robert Kirkman’s Secret History of Comics, Morgan Spurlock’s Superheroes Decoded, and Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics have featured him as an expert interviewee; Legends of the Knight spotlighted how he uses stories such as Batman’s to teach real psychology; and Batman & Bill on Hulu presented him among those who helped see Bill Finger finally recognized as Batman’s co-creator. Dr. Langley regularly speaks on media and heroism at universities, conferences, and conventions throughout the world. Psychology Today carries his blog, “Beyond Heroes and Villains.” He was also an undefeated champion on the Wheel of Fortune game show even though none of the puzzles were about psychology or superheroes.