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- Condition
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- 9781405163163
- ISBN
- 140516316X
- Binding
- TP
- Book Title
- Family Guy and Philosophy
- Publication Name
- Family Guy and Philosophy
- Item Length
- 9.1in
- Publisher
- Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Series
- The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5in
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 11.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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That's right. We've done it. We've brought together lowbrow, potty-mouthed, cartoon humor and highbrow philosophical reflection. Ok, it's not that highbrow, but the results are outrageously delicious. In Family Guy and Philosophy we tackle the perennial positions of the show and contemplate a little philosophy to boot! Is Family Guy really a vehicle for conservative politics? What's so funny about dysfunctional families? Should we all be offended by the show? This book gathers original essays from premier philosophers to get behind the punchlines and find out what we're really laughing at. And of course we dive into the philosophy of the cast as well, asking the important questions, like: What the hell is wrong with Stewie? Who is more human, Peter or Brian? Is Lois a feminist? Is there anything virtuous about Quagmire? Family Guy and Philosophy takes an introspective look at what this show can teach us about the ego, ethics, religion, death, and of course, time-travel, and delivers a merciless exploration of one of TV's most unrelenting families.
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Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
140516316x
ISBN-13
9781405163163
eBay Product ID (ePID)
8038595327
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Family Guy and Philosophy
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Series
The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Ser.
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.1in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
11.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
9
Lc Classification Number
Pn1992.77.F27
Reviews
& "Maddening in its irreverent audacity, this book reminds me of an old girlfriend: iconoclastic and argumentative, occasionally insane but always entertaining, with a soul of which Stewie could be proud. I couldn & 't pull myself away! & "Dave Baggett, editor of Harry Potter and Philosophy and Hitchcock and Philosophy& "This book doesn & 't make any sense to me whatsoever, which obviously means it & 's brilliant. & "Joey Green, author of The Bathroom Professor: Philosophy on the Go, & "Maddening in its irreverent audacity, this book reminds me of an old girlfriend: iconoclastic and argumentative, occasionally insane but always entertaining, with a soul of which Stewie could be proud. I couldn't pull myself away!"Dave Baggett, editor of Harry Potter and Philosophy and Hitchcock and Philosophy& "This book doesn't make any sense to me whatsoever, which obviously means it's brilliant."Joey Green, author of The Bathroom Professor: Philosophy on the Go, "Maddening in its irreverent audacity, this book reminds me of an old girlfriend: iconoclastic and argumentative, occasionally insane but always entertaining, with a soul of which Stewie could be proud. I couldn't pull myself away!" Dave Baggett, editor of Harry Potter and Philosophy and Hitchcock and Philosophy "This book doesn't make any sense to me whatsoever, which obviously means it's brilliant." Joey Green, author of The Bathroom Professor: Philosophy on the Go "Author cooks up a big bowl of philosophy stew while exposing the Family Guy for what it is; a beacon of post-modernism." TLChicken.com "It is a rare opportunity to philosophically deconstruct life's absurdities ... . We can laugh in the face of life's troublesome ideas and attempt to understand them." Associated Content, "Maddening in its irreverent audacity, this book reminds me of an old girlfriend: iconoclastic and argumentative, occasionally insane but always entertaining, with a soul of which Stewie could be proud. I couldn 't pull myself away! "Dave Baggett, editor of Harry Potter and Philosophy and Hitchcock and Philosophy"This book doesn 't make any sense to me whatsoever, which obviously means it 's brilliant. "Joey Green, author of The Bathroom Professor: Philosophy on the Go, "Maddening in its irreverent audacity, this book reminds me of an old girlfriend: iconoclastic and argumentative, occasionally insane but always entertaining, with a soul of which Stewie could be proud. I couldn't pull myself away!"ave Baggett, editor of Harry Potter and Philosophy and Hitchcock and Philosophy"This book doesn't make any sense to me whatsoever, which obviously means it's brilliant."oey Green, author of The Bathroom Professor: Philosophy on the Go
Table of Content
Acknowledgments: These People Are Freakin' Sweet viii You Better Not Read This, Pal: An Introduction to Family Guy and Philosophy 1 J. Jeremy Wisnewski Part I Those Good Ole' Fashion Values on Which We Used to Rely 3 1 Killing the Griffins: A Murderous Exposition of Postmodernism 5 J. Jeremy Wisnewski 2 Family Guy and God: Should Believers Take Offense? 16 Raymond J. VanArragon 3 Quagmire: Virtue and Perversity 27 Shaun Miller 4 Francis Griffin and the Church of the Holy Fonz: Religious Exclusivism and "Real" Religion 36 David Kyle Johnson Part II Lucky There's a Family Guy! (And What a Family!) 49 5 Let Us Now Praise Clueless Men: Peter Griffin and Philosophy 51 Jerry Samet 6 Lois: Portrait of a Mother (Or, Nevermind Death, Motherhood is a Bitch) 59 Stephanie Empey 7 Mmmyez: Stewie and the Seven Deadly Sins 74 Sharon M. Kaye 8 The Other Children: The Importance of Meg and Chris 87 P. Sue Dohnimm 9 He Thinks He's People: How Brian Made Personhood for the Dogs 99 Daniel Malloy Part III He-He-He-He-He. You Expected More Lyrics, But You're Getting Logic, Comedy, and The Logic of Comedy 113 10 The Logic of Expectation: Family Guy and the Non Sequitur 115 Jonah P. B. Goldwater 11 What Are You Laughing At (And Why)? Exploring the Humor of Family Guy 128 Andrew Terjesen 12 Thinkin' is Freakin' Sweet: Family Guy and Fallacies 139 Robert Arp 13 The Simpsons Already Did It! This Show is a Freakin' Rip-Off! 149 Shai Biderman and William J. Devlin Part #F1 Family Problems 161 14 Is Brian More of a "Person" than Peter? Of Wills, Wantons, and Wives 163 Mark D. White 15 The Ego is a Housewife Named Lois 175 Robert Sharp 16 The Lives and Times of Stewie Griffin 186 Tuomas Manninen 17 Kierkegaard and the Norm (MacDonald) of Death 198 Adam Buben Appendix: Everything You Ever Needed to Know about Meg Griffin, as Compiled by the Contributors 209 Notes on Contributors: What the Deuce!?! They're Real! (Most of Them, Anyway) 210 Index: He-He-He-He-He-He .You Read Books 214 1 That's right, freakin' #F. What are you, some kind of mathematician?
Copyright Date
2007
Topic
Television / General, General
Lccn
2007-024720
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Genre
Philosophy, Performing Arts
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