Philosophy and the interpretation of pop culture /
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| Imprint: | Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2007. |
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| Description: | vii, 297 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6214810 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Philosophy Engages Popular Culture: An Introduction
- Part I. Philosophy and Popular Culture
- 2. Philosophy and the Probable Impossible
- 3. Philosophy as/and/of Popular Culture
- 4. Allusion and Intention in Popular Art
- 5. On the Ties That Bind: Characters, the Emotions, and Popular Fictions
- 6. Liking What's Good: Why Should We?
- 7. Popular Art and Entertainment Value
- Part II. Interpretation and Popular Art Forms
- 8. Popular Culture and Spontaneous Order, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Tube
- 9. From Horror to Hero: Film Interpretations of Stoker's Dracula
- 10. Socrates at Story Hour: Philosophy as a Subversive Motif in Children's Literature
- 11. Of Batcaves and Clock Towers: Living Damaged Lives in Gotham City
- 12. "American Pie" and the Self-critique of Rock 'n' Roll
- 13. Photography, Popular Epistemology, Flexible Realism, and Holistic Pragmatism
- About the Editors and Contributors
