The Tao of Jack Bauer: What Our Favorite Terrorist Buster Says About Life, Love, Torture, and Saving the World 24 Times in 24 Hours with No Lunch Break

by Steven Keslowitz

Overview

As the preeminent post-9/11 television thriller, 24 has addressed critical issues relating to striking the proper balance between maintaining our civil liberties and ensuring our national security. The show continues to have a profound impact on the way in which we view the world.

The Tao of Jack Bauer is an insightful study of Jack Bauer's influence in society. What does Jack Bauer teach us about torture? Does 24 glorify torture or does the series take a more nuanced approach to the issue? How can we maintain our civil liberties in the age of terrorism? How can we best fight terrorists while maintaining our core values? Is Jack Bauer a lawbreaker or a lawmaker? How do we analyze the countless moral and ethical dilemmas presented on 24? What is the "Jack Bauer effect"? How do government agents make use of technology to fight terrorism?

The Tao of Jack Bauer tackles all of these issues and many more. The book also contains a fun quiz that measures how similar you are to Jack Bauer. So sit back, relax, and explore the world of 24 in a fresh, new light. As Jack Bauer would say: open the book "now, damn it!"

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440120633
Publisher:	iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date:	03/11/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	268
File size:	296 KB

About the Author

Steven Keslowitz is a Dean’s Distinguished Scholar at Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School and Executive Editor of the Cardozo Law Review. Steven is a graduate of the CUNY Honors College at Brooklyn College. He is the author of The World According to The Simpsons: What Our Favorite TV Family Says About Life, Love, and the Pursuit of the Perfect Donut (published in English and Portuguese); From Poland to Brooklyn: The Lives of My Grandparents, Two Holocaust Survivors; and The Simpsons, 24, and the Law: How Homer Simpson and Jack Bauer Influence Congressional Lawmaking and Judicial Reasoning. Steven's views on The Simpsons have been featured in more than 500 media outlets and is required reading at universities. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.