Batman and para-security, the right or the reverse of things? A social look at the phenomenon

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https://doi.org/10.37467/gka-revsocial.v6.1479

Keywords:

Batman, Security, Paramilitarism, Citizen Security, Social Phenomenon

Abstract

The Knight of the Night, configured as one of the contemporary superheroes, has been in the literary and cinematographic debate thanks to the architecture of the violence and citizen insecurity that it derives from him. The present paper shows a reflection on the nature of the "justice of the night" as an agent of security in the margins of the law. Indeed, the representations on justice, the role of threats, and the parallelism between reality and fiction, try to construct an analysis on the different treatments to the character of Batman as a hero and sometimes as a villain. 

Author Biography

Cesar Augusto Niño González, Universidad Sergio Arboleda

Ph.D. en Cuestiones Actuales del Derecho Internacional de la Uiversidad Alfonso X El Sabio de España, Magister en Seguridad y Defensa Nacionales de la Escuela Superior de Guerra de Colombia, Profesional en Polìtica y Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidad Sergio Arboleda de Colombia. Director del Centro de Investigación y profesor titular de Relaciones Internacionales, Seguridad y Defensa de la Facultad de Gobierno y Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidad Santo Tomás de Colombia. Catedrático de Relaciones Internacionales, Cómics y Relaciones Internacionales, Geopolítica y Terrorismo.

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09-12-2017

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Niño González, C. A. (2017). Batman and para-security, the right or the reverse of things? A social look at the phenomenon. SOCIAL REVIEW. International Social Sciences Review Revista Internacional De Ciencias Sociales, 6(2), 155–161. https://doi.org/10.37467/gka-revsocial.v6.1479

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Vol. 6 No. 2 (2017)

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