Philosophy and the interpretation of pop culture

Philosophy and the interpretation of pop culture / edited by William Irwin and Jorge J.E. Gracia.

Comprised of thirteen articles by well-known authors, this book makes the case to philosophers that popular culture is worthy of their attention. Issues of concern include the distinction between high culture and popular culture, the aesthetic and moral value of popular culture, allusion and identif...

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Other Authors: Irwin, William, 1970-, Gracia, Jorge J. E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007.
Subjects:
Philosophy and civilization.
Popular culture > Philosophy.
Popular culture > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Philosophy and civilization
Popular culture
Popular culture > Philosophy
Philosophie
Pop-Kultur
Populaire cultuur.
Amusement.
Filosofische aspecten.
United States
Aufsatzsammlung.
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Table of Contents:
  • Philosophy engages popular culture : an introduction / William Irwin
  • Philosophy and the probable impossible / Carolyn Korsmeyer
  • Philosophy as/and/of popular culture / William Irwin
  • Allusion and intention in popular art / Theodore Gracyk
  • On the ties that bind : characters, the emotions, and popular fictions / Noël Carroll
  • Liking what's good : why should we? / Ted Cohen
  • Popular art and entertainment value / Richard Shusterman
  • Popular culture and spontaneous order, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the tube / Paul A. Cantor
  • From horror to hero : film interpretations of Stoker's Dracula / Jorge J.E. Gracia
  • Socrates at Story Hour : philosophy as a subversive motif in children's literature / Gareth B. Matthews
  • Of batcaves and clock-towers : living damaged lives in Gotham City / James B. South
  • "American pie" and the self-critique of rock 'n' roll / Michael Baur
  • Photography, popular epistemology, flexible realism, and holistic pragmatism / Peter H. Hare.

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