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Search - The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer
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The Simpsons and Philosophy The D'oh of Homer 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 the widely-praised Seinfeld and Philosophy, The Simpsons and Philosophy is an insightful a... more
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Matt B. (BuffaloSavage) reviewed The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer on + 1484 more book reviews
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This is an anthology of 18 articles that relate frequent themes in the animated sitcom to the big thinkers and big ideas of philosophy. Given the large number of pieces in 300 pages, there's variation in quality of writing and persuasiveness of claims but the same episodes keep coming up, such as Lisa the Vegetarian. Very convincing are "The Simpsons and Allusion," a good overview of how it is used effectively on the show and "Thus Spake Bart" which related his badness to the ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche. Another plus is numerous articles aren't reluctant to label the show as "morally empty," an example of snotty know-nothingism TV is infamous for and part of the problem of Pop Goes the Culture.
Genres:
- Nonfiction >> Social Sciences >> Popular Culture
- Nonfiction >> Philosophy >> General
- Nonfiction >> Philosophy >> History & Surveys
- Nonfiction >> Social Sciences >> Sociology >> General
- Humor & Entertainment >> Television >> History & Criticism
- Humor & Entertainment >> Television >> Shows >> Simpsons
- Humor & Entertainment >> Television >> Shows >> 1990's through 2004