The Simpsons and philosophy : the d'oh! of Homer /
Here we can find out about irony and the meaning of life, the politics of the nuclear family, Marxism in Springfield, the elusiveness of happiness, popular parody as a form of tribute and why we need animated television shows. As if all that weren't enough, this book actually contains the worst...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
Open Court,
[2001]
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| Series: | Popular culture and philosophy ;
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. The characters. Homer and Aristotle / Raja Halwani ; Lisa and American anti-intellectualism / Aeon J. Skoble ; Why Maggie matters: sounds of silence, East and West / Eric Bronson ; Marge's moral motivation / Gerald J. Erion, Joseph A. Zeccardi ; Thus spake Bart: on Nietzsche and the virtues of being bad / Mark T. Conard
- pt. 2. Simpsonian themes. The Simpsons and allusion: "worst essay ever" / William Irwin, J.R. Lombardo ; Popular parody: The Simpsons meets the crime film / Deborah Knight ; The Simpsons, hyper-irony, and the meaning of life / Carl Matheson ; Simpsonian sexual politics / Dale E. Snow, James J. Snow
- pt. 3. I didn't do it: ethics and The Simpsons. The moral world of the Simpson family: a Kantian perspective / James Lawler ; The Simpsons: atomistic politics and the nuclear family / Paul A. Cantor ; Springfield hypocrisy / Jason Holt ; Enjoying the so-called "iced cream": Mr. Burns, satan, and happiness / Daniel Barwick ; Hey-diddily-ho, neighboreenos: Ned Flanders and neighborly love / David Vessey ; The function of fiction: the heuristic value of Homer / Jennifer L. McMahon
- pt. 4. The Simpsons and the philosophers. A (Karl, not Groucho) Marxist in Springfield / James M. Wallace ; "And the rest writes itself": Roland Barthes watches The Simpsons / David L.G. Arnold ; What Bart calls thinking / Kelly Dean Jolley.