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Book SynopsisBrains before bullets ancient and modern wisdom for mechanics and motorcycle enthusiasts Essential reading for fans of the show, this book takes readers deeper into the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, the Teller-Morrow family, and the ethics that surround their lives and activities.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: “Gotta Look This Life in the Eye” viii
Acknowledgments: Thanks to the Reaper Crew x
Part I “An Equal Mix of Might and Right”: Ethics at 92 mph 1
1 Virtue and Vice in the SAMCROpolis: Aristotle Views Sons of Anarchy 3
Jason T. Eberl
2 A Prospect’s Guide to Nietzsche 16
Tim Jung and Minerva Ahumada
3 Tig Needs an Escort Home: Is Loyalty a Virtue? 29
James Edwin Mahon
4 A Saint among the Sons: Aquinas on Murder and the Men of Mayhem 38
Randall M. Jensen
Part II “Off the Social Grid”: The Politics of Mayhem 51
5 SAMCRO versus the Leviathan: Laying Down the (Motor)Cycle of Violence 53
George A. Dunn
6 “The Rat Prince” and The Prince: The Machiavellian Politics of the MC 65
Timothy M. Dale and Joseph J. Foy
7 Chaos and Order: Anarchy in the MC 73
Bruno de Brito Serra
8 “Another Fun-Filled Day in the Six Counties”: The Real IRA—Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? 85
Philip Smolenski
9 SAMCRO Goes to War 94
Alex Leveringhaus
Part III “The Concept Was Pure, Simple, True”: Biker Identity and Meaning 105
10 My Skin, My Self: SAMCRO’s Ink and Personal Identity 107
Charlene Elsby
11 The Faith of Our Sons and the Tragic Quest 117
Kevin Corn
12 Once a Biker Slut, Always a Biker Slut: Narrative Identity in Charming 128
Minerva Ahumada and Tim Jung
13 SAMCRO and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance 139
Massimiliano L. Cappuccio
Part IV “The Passion in His Heart and the Reason in His Mind”: Sex, Love, and Gender 151
14 Sometimes a Motorcycle Is Just a Motorcycle: Freud and Hamlet Come to Charming 153
Andrea Zanin
15 When a Charming Woman Speaks 165
Leslie A. Aarons
16 Mothers of Anarchy: Power, Control, and Care in the Feminine Sphere 175
Leigh C. Kolb
Part V “Each Savage Event Was a Catalyst for the Next”: The Historic and the Homeric 187
17 Sons of History: How SAMCRO Lost and Found Its Way 189
Peter S. Fosl
18 Anarchism and Authenticity, or Why SAMCRO Shouldn’t Fight History 201
Peter S. Fosl
19 Good Old Fashioned Mayhem 214
Greg Littmann
20 The Road Out of Mayhem 225
Greg Littmann
Contributors: Philosophers of Mayhem 237
List of Episodes: The Life (and Death?) of Sam Crow 243
Index 246
