Popular Culture and Philosophy
"Since its inception in 2000, Open Court's Popular Culture and Philosophy series has brought high-quality philosophy to general readers. The volumes present essays by academic philosophers exploring the meanings, concepts, and puzzles within television shows, movies, music and other icons of popular culture." For further information see the Open Court Popular Culture and Philosophy web page. |
The Popular Culture and Philosophy series
Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing, 2000
The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer, 2001
The Matrix and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real, 2002
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale, 2003
The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy: One Book to Rule Them All, 2003
Baseball and Philosophy: Thinking Outside the Batter's Box, 2004
The Sopranos and Philosophy: I Kill Therefore I Am, 2004
Woody Allen and Philosophy: You Mean My Whole Fallacy is Wrong?, 2004
Harry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts, 2004
Mel Gibson's Passion and Philosophy: The Cross, the Questions, the Controversy, 2004
More Matrix and Philosophy: Revolutions and Reloaded Decoded, 2005
Star Wars and Philosophy: More Powerful Than You Can Possibly Imagine, 2005
Superheroes and Philosophy: Truth, Justice, and the Socratic Way, 2005
The Atkins Diet and Philosophy: Chewing the Fat with Kant and Nietzsche, 2005
The Chronicles of Narnia and Philosophy: The Lion, the Witch, and the Worldview, 2005
Hip Hop and Philosophy: Rhyme 2 Reason, 2005
Bob Dylan and Philosophy: It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Thinking), Carl Porter and Peter Vernezze (Eds), 2005
Harley-Davidson and Philosophy: Full-Throttle Aristotle, 2006
Monty Python and Philosophy: Nudge Nudge, Think Think!, 2006
Poker and Philosophy: Pocket Rockets and Philosopher Kings, 2006
U2 and Philosophy: How to Decipher an Atomic Band, Mark A. Wrathall (Ed), 2006
The Undead and Philosophy: Chicken Soup for the Soulless, 2006
James Bond and Philosophy: Questions Are Forever, 2006
Bullshit and Philosophy: Guaranteed to Get Perfect Results Every Time, 2006
The Beatles and Philosophy: Nothing You Can Think That Can't Be Thunk, Michael Baur and Steven Baur (Eds), 2006
South Park and Philosophy: Bigger, Longer, and More Penetrating, 2007
Hitchcock and Philosophy: Dial M for Metaphysics, 2007
The Grateful Dead And Philosophy: Getting High Minded about Love and Haight, Steve Gimbel (Ed), 2007
Forthcoming titles:
Quentin Tarantino and Philosophy, 2007
Pink Floyd and Philosophy, George A. Reisch (Ed), 2007
Star Trek and Philosophy
World of Warcraft and Philosophy
Johnny Cash and Philosophy
Anime/Manga and Philosophy
Soccer and Philosophy
Bruce Springsteen and Philosophy
The Rolling Stones and Philosophy
Last updated June 2007 |