Philosophy and the interpretation of pop culture /

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Imprint:	Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007.
Description:	1 online resource (vii, 297 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Philosophy and civilization. Popular culture -- Philosophy. Popular culture -- United States. Philosophy and civilization. Popular culture. Popular culture -- Philosophy. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11203111

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Other authors / contributors:	Irwin, William, 1970- Gracia, Jorge J. E.
ISBN:	9781461640844 1461640849 0742551741 9780742551749 074255175X 9780742551756
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Comprised of thirteen articles by well-known authors, this book makes the case to philosophers that popular culture is worthy of their attention. Issues of concern include the distinction between high culture and popular culture, the aesthetic and moral value of popular culture, allusion and identification in popular culture, and special problems posed by the interpretation of popular culture. Popular art forms considered include: movies, television shows, comic books, children's stories, photographs, and rock songs.
Other form:	Print version: Irwin, William. Philosophy and the Interpretation of Pop Culture. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2006 9780742551756

Table of Contents:

Philosophy engages popular culture : an introduction / William Irwin
Philosophy and the probable impossible / Carolyn Korsmeyer
Philosophy as/and/of popular culture / William Irwin
Allusion and intention in popular art / Theodore Gracyk
On the ties that bind : characters, the emotions, and popular fictions / Noël Carroll
Liking what's good : why should we? / Ted Cohen
Popular art and entertainment value / Richard Shusterman
Popular culture and spontaneous order, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the tube / Paul A. Cantor
From horror to hero : film interpretations of Stoker's Dracula / Jorge J.E. Gracia
Socrates at Story Hour : philosophy as a subversive motif in children's literature / Gareth B. Matthews
Of batcaves and clock-towers : living damaged lives in Gotham City / James B. South
"American pie" and the self-critique of rock 'n' roll / Michael Baur
Photography, popular epistemology, flexible realism, and holistic pragmatism / Peter H. Hare.

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