The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'Oh! Of HomerReadHowYouWant.com, 2010 - 504 من الصفحات The Simpsons is one of the most literary and intelligent comedies on television today - fertile ground for questions such as: Does Nietzsche justify Bart's bad behavior? Is hypocrisy always unethical? What is Lisa's conception of the Good? From the editor of and contributors to the widely-praised Seinfeld and Philosophy, The Simpsons and Philosophy is an insightful and humorous look at the philosophical tenets of America's favorite animated family that will delight Simpsons fans and philosophy aficionados alike. Twenty-one philosophers and academics discuss and debate the absurd, hyper-ironic, strangely familiar world that is Springfield, the town without a state. n exploring the thought of key philosophers including Aristotle, Marx, Camus, Sartre, Heidegger, and Kant through episode plots and the characters' antics, the contributors tackle issues like irony and the meaning of life, American anti-intellectualism, and existential rebellion. The volume also includes an episode guide and a chronology of philosophers which lists the names and dates of the major thinkers in the history of philosophy, accompanied by a representative quote from each. Contributors: David L.G. Arnold, Daniel Barwick, Eric Bronson, Paul A. Cantor, Mark T. Conard, Gerald J. Erion, Raja Halwani, Jason Holt, William Irwin, Kelley Dean Jolley, Deborah Knight, James Lawler, J.R. Lombardo, Carl Matheson, Jennifer L. McMahon, Aeon J. Skoble, Dale E. and James J. Snow, David Vessey, James J. Wallace, and Joseph A. Zeccardi ''Each essay provides a hilarious but incisive springboard to some aspect of philosophy. '' |
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Homer and Aristotle | 3 |
Lisa and American Antiintellectualism | 30 |
Why Maggie Matters Sounds of Silence East and West | 49 |
Marges Moral Motivation | 66 |
Thus Spake Bart On Nietzsche and the Virtues of Being | 86 |
The Simpsons and Allusion Worst Essay Ever | 119 |
Popular Parody The Simpsons Meets the Crime Film | 138 |
The Simpsons HyperIrony and the Meaning of Life | 162 |
Springfield Hypocrisy | 275 |
Enjoying the Socalled Iced Cream Mr Burns Satan | 295 |
Heydiddilyho Neighboreenos Ned Flanders | 312 |
The Function of Fiction The Heuristic Value of Homer | 332 |
A Karl not Groucho Marxist in Springfield | 365 |
And the Rest Writes Itself Roland Barthes Watches | 392 |
What Bart Calls Thinking | 419 |
Episode Titles | 443 |
Simpsonian Sexual Politics | 191 |
The Moral World of the Simpson Family A Kantian | 223 |
The Simpsons Atomistic Politics and the Nuclear Family | 244 |
Based on Ideas By | 456 |
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