Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Stefano Marino and Andrea Schembari
  • Contingency, (In)significance, and the All-Encompassing Trip: Pearl Jam and the Question of the Meaning of Life / Stefano Marino
  • "Just Like Innocence" : Pearl Jam and the (Re)Discovery of Hope / Sam Morris
  • Who's the Elderly Band Behind the Counter in a Small Town? / Radu Uszkai and Mihail-Valentin Cernea
  • Making a Choice When There Is No "Better Man" / Laura M. Bernhardt
  • That's Where We're Living : Determinism and Free Will in "Unthought Known" / Enrico Terrone
  • No Code Aesthetics / Alberto L. Siani
  • Can Truth Be Found in the Wild? / Paolo Stellino
  • "They Can Buy, But Can't Put On My Clothes" : Pearl Jam, Grunge, and Subcultural Authenticity in a Postmodern Fashion Climate / Stephanie Kramer
  • Pearl Jam's Ghosts : The Ethical Claim Made from the Exiled Space(s) of Homelessness and War-An Aesthetic Response-Ability / Jacqueline Moulton
  • Pearl Jam : Responsible Music or the Tragedy of Culture? / Cristina Parapar
  • Pearl Jam / Nirvana : A Dialectical Vortex that Revolves Around the Void / Alessandro Alfieri
  • The Tide on the Shell : Pearl Jam and the Aquatic Allegories of Existence / Andrea Schembari.