Dexter and Philosophy: Mind over Spatter
10 best books like Dexter and Philosophy: Mind over Spatter (Richard V. Greene): 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, Star Trek and Philosophy: The Wrath of Kant, Sherlock Holmes and Philosophy: The Footprints of a Gigantic Mind, 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 | Kevin S. Decker |
| ISBN | 0812696492 |
Philosophy and space travel are characterized by the same fundamental purpose: exploration. An essential guide for both philosophers and Trekkers, Star Trek and Philosophy combines a philosophical spirit of inquiry with the beloved television and film series to consider questions not only about...
| 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 | 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 | Gary L. Hardcastle |
| ISBN | 0812695933 |
From the 1970s cult TV show, Monty Python’s Flying Circus, to the current hit musical Spamalot, the Monty Python comedy troupe has been at the center of popular culture and entertainment. The Pythons John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam are increasingly...
| 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 | William Irwin |
| ISBN | 0812695720 |
This follow-up to the hugely successful The Matrix and Philosophy is broken down into seven "scenes" that explore some of the deeper issues in the movie series. Scene one examines the issues of fate, fortune, causation, and determinism in the trilogy. Scene two asks readers to consider the concept...
| Author | François Dosse |
| ISBN | 0231145608 |
In May 1968, Gilles Deleuze was an established philosopher teaching at the innovative Vincennes University, just outside of Paris. Félix Guattari was a political militant and the director of an unusual psychiatric clinic at La Borde. Their meeting was quite unlikely, yet the two were introduced...
| Author | Peter S. Fosl |
| ISBN | 1118074564 |
Celebrate the Dude with an abiding look at the philosophy behind The Big Lebowski Is the Dude a bowling-loving stoner or a philosophical genius living the good life? Naturally, it's the latter, and The Big Lebowski and Philosophy explains why. Enlisting the help of great thinkers like Plato and Nietzsche,...
| 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...
| Author | Henry Jacoby |
| ISBN | 1118161998 |
An in-depth look at the philosophical issues behind HBO's Game of Thrones television series and the books that inspired it George R.R. Martin's New York Times bestselling epic fantasy book series, A Song of Ice and Fire, and the HBO television show adapted from it, have earned critical acclaim and inspired...
| Author | Fredric Jameson |
| ISBN | 1859841821 |
Fredric Jameson, a leading voice on the subject of postmodernism, assembles his most powerful writings on the culture of late capitalism in this essential volume. Classic insights on pastiche, nostalgia, and architecture stand alongside essays on the status of history, theory, Marxism, and the...
| Author | John D. Caputo |
| ISBN | 0253211123 |
"Caputo's book is riveting.... A singular achievement of stylistic brio and impeccable scholarship, it breaks new ground in making a powerful case for treating Derrida as homo religiosis.... There can be no mistaking the importance of Caputo's work." --Edith Wyschogrod
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