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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 and humorous look at the philosophical tenets of America's favorite animated family that will delight Simpsons fans and philosophy aficionados alike.
Twenty-one philosophers and academics discuss and debate the absurd, hyper-ironic, strangely familiar world that is Springfield, the town without a state. In exploring the thought of key philosophers including Aristotle, Marx, Camus, Sartre, Heidegger, and Kant through episode plots and the characters' antics, the contributors tackle issues like irony and the meaning of life, American anti-intellectualism, and existential rebellion. The volume also includes an episode guide and a chronology of philosophers which lists the names and dates of the major thinkers in the history of philosophy, accompanied by a representative quote from each.
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- Nonfiction >> Social Sciences >> Popular Culture
- Nonfiction >> Philosophy >> General
- Nonfiction >> Philosophy >> History & Surveys
- Nonfiction >> Social Sciences >> Sociology >> General
- Entertainment >> Television >> History & Criticism
- Entertainment >> Television >> Shows >> Simpsons
- Entertainment >> Television >> Shows >> 1990's through 2004
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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.
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This series is entertaining, but I'm not the hugest fan. But for the Simpsons fantatic in your life...knock 'em dead!
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