Big Lebowski Philosophy
10 best books like Big Lebowski Philosophy (Peter S. Fosl): Absolute Recoil: Towards A New Foundation Of Dialectical Materialism, Superheroes and Philosophy: Truth, Justice, and the Socratic Way, Mad Men and Philosophy: Nothing is as it Seems, Sherlock Holmes and Philosophy: The Footprints of a Gigantic Mind, Dexter and Philosophy: Mind over Spatter, Stephen Colbert and Philosophy: I Am Philosophy, Woody Allen and Philosophy: [You Mean My Whole Fallacy Is Wrong?], The Beatles and Philosophy: Nothing You Can Think that Can't Be Thunk, Iron Man and Philosophy: Facing the Stark Reality, Supervillains and Philosophy: Sometimes, Evil is its Own Reward
| Author | Slavoj Žižek |
| ISBN | 1781686823 |
Philosophical materialism in all its forms – from scientific naturalism to Deleuzian New Materialism – has failed to meet the key theoretical and political challenges of the modern world. This is the burden of philosopher Slavoj Žižek’s argument in this pathbreaking and eclectic new work....
| Author | Tom Morris |
| ISBN | 0812695739 |
As every serious comic book reader can tell, superheroes aren't tackling just brutish villains; they're grappling with Big Questions.
In every adventure, Superman, Batman, the X-Men, and other extraordinarily empowered individuals are wrestling with problems of good and evil; ethical...
| Author | James B. South |
| ISBN | 0470603011 |
A look at the philosophical underpinnings of the hit TV show, "Mad Men"With its swirling cigarette smoke, martini lunches, skinny ties, and tight pencil skirts, Mad Men is unquestionably one of the most stylish, sexy, and irresistible shows on television. But the series becomes even more absorbing...
| Author | Josef Steiff |
| ISBN | 0812697316 |
This entertaining collection of essays deserves to exist because Sherlock Holmes sees things others don’t. He sees the world in a different way, and by so doing, allows us to see that same world – and human behavior – in different ways as well. Oh, sure, there have been countless detectives who...
| Author | Richard V. Greene |
| ISBN | 0812697170 |
What explains the huge popular following for Dexter, currently the most-watched show on cable, which sympathetically depicts a serial killer driven by a cruel compulsion to brutally slay one victim after another?
Although Dexter Morgan kills only killers, he is not a vigilante animated by a...
| Author | Aaron Allen Schiller |
| ISBN | 0812696611 |
At the head of The Colbert Report, one of the most popular shows on television, Stephen Colbert is a pop culture phenomenon. More than one million people backed his fake candidacy in the 2008 U.S. presidential election on Facebook, a testament to the particularly rich set of issues and emotions Colbert...
| Author | Mark T. Conard |
| ISBN | 0812694538 |
Fifteen philosophers representuing different schools of thought answer the question what is Woody Allen trying to say in his films? And why should anyone care?
Focusing on different works and varied aspects of Allen's multifaceted output, these essays explore the philosophical undertones...
| Author | Michael Baur |
| ISBN | 0812696069 |
The most popular musical group of all time, the Beatles also brought serious thought to the bubble gum-scented world of pop and rock music, with adventurous, profound, and sometimes mysterious lyrics that veered from the deliberate absurdity of “I Am the Walrus” to the rosy Rousseau-like fantasy...
| Author | Mark D. White |
| ISBN | 0470482184 |
The first look at the philosophy behind the Iron Man comics and movies, timed for the release of Iron Man 2 in March 2010 On the surface, Iron Man appears to be a straightforward superhero, another rich guy fighting crime with fancy gadgets. But beneath the shiny armor and flashy technology lies Tony Stark,...
| Author | Ben Dyer |
| ISBN | 0812696697 |
The devil gets his due in the latest entry in the Pop Culture and Philosophy series. Supervillains and Philosophy features an international cabal of philosophers and comics industry professionals conspiring to reveal the dark details — and deeper meanings — lurking behind today’s most popular...
| Author | Dean A. Kowalski |
| ISBN | 0813124549 |
From its first appearance in 1993, The X-Files has attracted millions of viewers interested in the paranormal investigations of intuitionist and belief-driven Fox Mulder and his partner, Dana Scully, the "consummate scientist" and skeptic. Addressing questions of trust and authority that plague...
| Author | Friedrich Nietzsche |
| ISBN | 0521016886 |
Nietzsche's late works are brilliant and uncompromising, and stand as monuments to his lucidity, rigor, and style. This volume combines, for the first time in English, five of these works: The Antichrist, Ecce Homo, Twilight of the Idols, Nietzsche contra Wagner, and The Case of Wagner. Nietzsche...
| Author | Gregory Bassham |
| ISBN | 0812695887 |
The Chronicles of Narnia series has entertained millions of readers, both children and adults, since the appearance of the first book in 1950. Here, scholars turn the lens of philosophy on these timeless tales. Engagingly written for a lay audience, these essays consider a wealth of topics centered...
| Author | Sharon M. Kaye |
| ISBN | 1405163151 |
Sometimes it feels like you need a Ph.D. to follow the show. But you don't. You just need this book in which twenty-one philosophers explore the deep questions we all face as survivors on this planet: Does "everything happen for a reason"? Is torture ever justified? Who are the Others? How do we know we're...
| Author | Rebecca Housel |
| ISBN | 0470597720 |
The first look at the philosophical issues behind Charlaine Harris's New York Times bestsellers The Southern Vampire Mysteries and the True Blood television series Teeming with complex, mythical characters in the shape of vampires, telepaths, shapeshifters, and the like, True Blood, the popular...
Hermeneutics is the branch of knowledge that deals with interpretation, a behaviour that is intrinsic to our daily lives. As humans, we decipher the meaning of newspaper articles, books, legal matters, religious texts, political speeches, emails, and even dinner conversations every day . But how...
| Author | Richard Kearney |
| ISBN | 0231147880 |
Has the passing of the old God paved the way for a new kind of religious project, a more responsible way to seek, sound, and love the things we call divine? Has the suspension of dogmatic certainties and presumptions opened a space in which we can encounter religious wonder anew? Situated at the split between...
| Author | Joseph Westfall |
| ISBN | 0812699041 |
Hannibal Lecter, the subject of best-selling novels, movies, and the acclaimed TV series Hannibal, is one of pop culture's most compelling characters. In Hannibal Lecter and Philosophy, 16 philosophers come at Hannibal the way he comes at his victims — from unexpected angles and with plenty of...
| Author | Chris Hedges |
| ISBN | 0743255143 |
In Losing Moses on the Freeway, Chris Hedges, veteran war correspondent and author of the bestselling War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, delivers an impassioned, eloquent call to heed the wisdom of the 10 Commandments. Celebrated for his courageous reporting on the crucial issues of our time, Hedges,...
| Author | Eric Bronson |
| ISBN | 0470405147 |
A philosophical exploration of J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved classic—just in time for the December 2012 release of Peter Jackson's new film adaptation, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is one of the best-loved fantasy books of all time and the enchanting "prequel"...
