More Matrix and Philosophy: Revolutions and Reloaded Decoded
10 best books like More Matrix and Philosophy: Revolutions and Reloaded Decoded (William Irwin): 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, Monty Python and Philosophy: Nudge Nudge, Think Think!
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | John D. Caputo |
| ISBN | 0253218284 |
Applying an ever more radical hermeneutics (including Husserlian and Heideggerian phenomenology, Derridian deconstruction, and feminism), John D. Caputo breaks down the name of God in this irrepressible book. Instead of looking at God as merely a name, Caputo views it as an event, or what the name...
The Purloined Poe: Lacan, Derrida, and Psychoanalytic Reading
| Author | John P. Muller |
| ISBN | 0801832934 |
The Purloined Poe is at once astonishing and frustrating. It is incredible to read Poe's "The Purloined Letter" and then watch how the story unfolds in the hands of critics like psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan and deconstructionist Jacques Derrida. I've gone through the experience of reading the short...
| Author | Kevin S. Decker |
| ISBN | 0812695836 |
The Star Wars films continue to revolutionize science fiction, creating new standards for cinematographic excellence, and permeating popular culture around the world. The films feature many complex themes ranging from good versus evil and moral development and corruption to religious faith...
South Park and Philosophy: Bigger, Longer, and More Penetrating
| Author | Richard Hanley |
| ISBN | 0812696131 |
Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s long-running Comedy Central hit cartoon South Park has been equally cheered and reviled for its edgy humor, poited satire of current events and celebrities, and all-around obnoxiousness. But is there more to Kyle, the lonely Jew, Timmy and the Crips, Cartman’s bitchiness,...
| Author | Slavoj Žižek |
| ISBN | 1859847927 |
In some circles, a nod towards totalitarianism is enough to dismiss any critique of the status quo. Such is the insidiousness of the neo-liberal ideology, argues Slavoj Žižek. Did Somebody Say Totalitarianism? turns a specious rhetorical strategy on its head to identify a network of family resemblances...
