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Philosophy and the Interpretation of Pop Culture
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2006
Summary
Aristotle analyzed the popular art of his time: the tragedies and epics. Why should philosophers today not do likewise? Perhaps we can learn something from children's stories by subverting the dominant paradigm of adult authority and admitting with Socrates that we don't know all the answers. Perhaps Batman has ethical lessons to teach that generalize beyond the pages of comic books. Is it better to like Mozart than it is to like Madonna? Kurt Cobain gave voice to the attitude of a generation, singing, 'Here we are, now entertain us.' Is entertainment a bad thing, or could it actually have value-and not just instrumental value?
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Copyright year
2006
ISBN-Print
978-0-7425-5175-6
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-4084-4
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
297
Product type
Edited Book
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Acknowledgments No access
1 Philosophy Engages Popular Culture: An Introduction William Irwin No access Pages 1 - 18
2 Philosophy and the Probable Impossible Carolyn Korsmeyer No access
3 Philosophy as/arid/of Popular Culture William Irwin No access
4 Allusion and Intention in Popular Art Theodore Gracyk No access
5 On the Ties That Bind: Characters, the Emotions, and Popular Fictions Noël Carroll No access
6 Liking What's Good: Why Should We? Ted Cohen No access
7 Popular Art and Entertainment Value Richard Shusterman No access
8 Popular Culture and Spontaneous Order, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Tube Paul A. Cantor No access
9 From Horror to Hero: Film Interpretations of Stoker's Dracula Jorge J. E. Gracia No access
10 Socrates at Story Hour: Philosophy as a Subversive Motif in Children's Literature Gareth B. Matthews No access
11 Of Batcaves and Clock Towers: Living Damaged Lives in Gotham City James B. Sout No access
12 "American Pie" and the Self-critique of Rock 'n' Roll Michael Baur No access
13 Photography, Popular Epistemology, Flexible Realism, and Holistic Pragmatism Peter H. Hare No access
About the Editors and Contributors No access Pages 295 - 297
