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Coverimage:AleksandarNakic/Getty Setin10.5/13ptSabonLTStdbyAptaraInc.,NewDelhi,India 1 2016 iv BLBK594-fm BLBK594-Irwin Printer:YettoCome August31,2015 11:17 Trim:229mm×152mm Contents Introduction:ContemplatingaHouseofCards 1 PartI Socrates,Plato,andFrank 3 1 OfSheep,Shepherds,andaWolfinSheep’sClothing:The CynicalViewofPoliticsinHouseofCardsandPlato’s Republic 5 JamesKetchenandMichaelYeo 2 BeingversusSeeming:SocratesandtheLessonsofFrancis Underwood’sAsides 16 JohnScottGray PartII ImaginingPossibilities:AmericanIdealsin HouseofCards 29 3 FrankUnderwoodGivestheIdealSocietyaRealityCheck 31 BrianKogelmann 4 “WhatWillWeLeaveBehind?”ClaireUnderwood’s AmericanDream 42 SarahJ.PalmandKennethW.Stikkers PartIII CharacterizingFrank:U¨bermensch orthePrince 53 5 UnderwoodasU¨bermensch:APostmodernPlayofPower 55 LeslieA.Aarons v BLBK594-fm BLBK594-Irwin Printer:YettoCome August31,2015 11:17 Trim:229mm×152mm vi CONTENTS 6 WhyUnderwoodIsFranklyNotanOverman 68 MattMeyer 7 AmericanMachiavelli 81 GregLittmann 8 MachiavelliWouldNotBeImpressed 92 DonFallis 9 IsFranktheManfortheJob?HouseofCardsandthe ProblemofDirtyHands 102 TomerJ.Perry PartIV ClassicalLiberalismandDemocracy 113 10 FranktheFoole,UponaHouseofCards 115 ShaneD.Courtland 11 HobbesandFrankonWhyDemocracyIsOverrated 128 StevenMichels 12 “DemocracyIsSoOverrated”:TheShortcomingsof PopularRule 141 BrendanShea 13 “MoneyGivesPower ... Well,aRunforItsMoney”: Marx’sObservationsonWhyCapitalandNotFrankIs ReallyinChargeoftheWhiteHouse 152 ChrisByronandNathanWood 14 FreedomandDemocracyinaHouseofFear 163 RobertoSirventandIanDiorio PartV IntrapersonalRelationships,Sexuality,andRace inHouseofCards 173 15 UndertheCoverswiththeUnderwoods:TheSexual PoliticsoftheUnderwoodMarriage 175 JasonSouthworthandRuthTallman 16 TheSpiceofWhiteLife:FreddyandRacist Representations 187 StephanieRiveraBerruz BLBK594-fm BLBK594-Irwin Printer:YettoCome August31,2015 11:17 Trim:229mm×152mm CONTENTS vii 17 BrokenFriendshipsandthePathologyofCorporate PersonhoodinHouseofCards 197 MyronMosesJackson PartVI ExistentialRealities:Self-LoveandFreedom 207 18 PrayingtoOne’sSelf,forOne’sSelf:Frank’sEthicsand PoliticsofAutoeroticism 209 KodyW.Cooper 19 ExistentialFreedom,Self-Interest,andFrankUnderwood’s Underhandedness 219 J.EdwardHackett PartVII LetMeBeFrankwithYou:Agency,Aesthetics, andIntention 227 20 RootingfortheVillain:FrankUnderwoodandtheLackof ImaginativeResistance 229 La´szlo´ Kajta´r 21 FrankUnderwood’sIntentions 237 AngelicaKaufmann 22 FrancisUnderwood’sMagicalPoliticalMysteryTourIs DyingtoTakeYouAway;DyingtoTakeYouAway,Take YouToday 245 AustinDressenandCharlesTaliaferro PartVII VirtueandCharacterinHouseofCards 255 23 FrankUnderwoodandtheVirtueofFriendship 257 KatherineK.Johnson 24 HaveYouNoDecency?WhoIsWorse,ClaireorFrank? 265 RandallAuxier PresidentFrankUnderwood’sWhiteHouseStaff (Contributors) 282 Index 289 BLBK594-fm BLBK594-Irwin Printer:YettoCome August31,2015 11:17 Trim:229mm×152mm viii

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