The Ultimate South Park and Philosophy (E-Book, EPUB)
eBook - Respect My Philosophah!, The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
Verlag:
ISBN/EAN: 9781118389928
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 288 S., 0.39 MB
Erschienen am
27.06.2013
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
<p><b>Enlightenment from the<i>South Park</i> gang faster than you can say, "Screw you guys, I'm going home"!</b></p><p><i>The Ultimate South Park and Philosophy: Respect My Philosophah!</i> presents a compilation of serious philosophical reflections on the twisted insights voiced by characters in TVs most irreverent animated series.</p><ul><li>Offers readers a philosophically smart and candid approach to one of televisions most subversive and controversial shows as it enters its 17th season</li><li>Draws sharp parallels between the irreverent nature of<i>South Park</i> and the inquiring and skeptical approach of Western philosophy</li><li>Journeys deep beyond the surface of the shows scatological humor to address the perennial questions raised in<i>South Park</i> and the contemporary social and political issues that inspire each episode</li><li>Utilizes familiar characters and episodes to illustrate such philosophical topics as moral relativism, freedom of expression, gay marriage, blasphemy, democracy, feminism, animal ethics, existential questions, and much more</li><li>Its a Bigger, Longer& Uncut version of the highly acclaimed<i>South Park and Philosophy: You Know, I Learned Something Today</i>and is guaranteed to be much funnier than killing Kenny</li></ul>
Robert Arp is an analyst working with the U.S. Government. He has done data modeling work as an ontologist, and has taught philosophy courses at colleges and universities, too. His interests include philosophy of biology, ontology in the information science sense, and philosophy and pop culture.Kevin S. Decker teaches philosophy at Eastern Washington University, where he is also an Associate Dean of the College of Arts, Letters and Education. His research interests are American pragmatism, Continental philosophy, ethics, philosophy and pop culture, and social theory.William Irwin is Professor of Philosophy at Kings College. He originated the philosophy and popular culture genre of books as coeditor of the bestsellingThe Simpsons and Philosophy and has overseen recent titles includingSuperman and Philosophy,Black Sabbath and Philosophy, andSpider-Man and Philosophy.
