J. Jeremy Wisnewski

Family Guy and Philosophy

Ed. by J. J. Wisnewski

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Family Guy and Philosophy brings together low-brow, potty-mouthed, cartoon humor and high-brow philosophical reflection to deliver an outrageously hilarious and clever exploration of one of TV's most unrelenting families. Ok, it's not that high-brow.
A sharp, witty and absurd exploration of one of television's most unrelenting families, the stars of one of the biggest-selling TV series ever on DVD, now in its fourth season
Tackles the perennial positions of Family Guy at the same time as contemplating poignant philosophical issues
Takes an introspective look at what this show can teach us about ethics, ego, religion, death, and of course, time-travel
Considers whether Family Guy is really a vehicle for conservative politics, and whether we should be offended by the show, as well as diving into the philosophy of the cast

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Produktdetails

• The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 310g
• ISBN-13: 9781405163163
• ISBN-10: 140516316X
• Artikelnr.: 22725008

Autorenporträt

J. Jeremy Wisnewski is Assistant Professor at Hartwick College. He is the author of Wittgenstein and Ethical Inquiry: A Defense of Ethics as Clarification (2007) and The Politics of Agency: Toward a Pragmatic Approach to Philosophical Anthropology (2008). He is also the editor of The Office and Philosophy (Blackwell, 2008).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments: These People Are Freakin' Sweet viii
You Better Not Read This, Pal: An Introduction to Family Guy and Philosophy
1
J. Jeremy Wisnewski
Part I Those Good Ole' Fashion Values on Which We Used to Rely 3
1 Killing the Griffins: A Murderous Exposition of Postmodernism 5
J. Jeremy Wisnewski
2 Family Guy and God: Should Believers Take Offense? 16
Raymond J. VanArragon
3 Quagmire: Virtue and Perversity 27
Shaun Miller
4 Francis Griffin and the Church of the Holy Fonz: Religious Exclusivism
and "Real" Religion 36
David Kyle Johnson
Part II Lucky There's a Family Guy! (And What a Family!) 49
5 Let Us Now Praise Clueless Men: Peter Griffin and Philosophy 51
Jerry Samet
6 Lois: Portrait of a Mother (Or, Nevermind Death, Motherhood is a Bitch)
59
Stephanie Empey
7 Mmmyez: Stewie and the Seven Deadly Sins 74
Sharon M. Kaye
8 The Other Children: The Importance of Meg and Chris 87
P. Sue Dohnimm
9 He Thinks He's People: How Brian Made Personhood for the Dogs 99
Daniel Malloy
Part III He-He-He-He-He. You Expected More Lyrics, But You're Getting
Logic, Comedy, and The Logic of Comedy 113
10 The Logic of Expectation: Family Guy and the Non Sequitur 115
Jonah P. B. Goldwater
11 What Are You Laughing At (And Why)? Exploring the Humor of Family Guy
128
Andrew Terjesen
12 Thinkin' is Freakin' Sweet: Family Guy and Fallacies 139
Robert Arp
13 The Simpsons Already Did It! This Show is a Freakin' Rip-Off! 149
Shai Biderman and William J. Devlin
Part #F1 Family Problems 161
14 Is Brian More of a "Person" than Peter? Of Wills, Wantons, and Wives 163
Mark D. White
15 The Ego is a Housewife Named Lois 175
Robert Sharp
16 The Lives and Times of Stewie Griffin 186
Tuomas Manninen
17 Kierkegaard and the Norm (MacDonald) of Death 198
Adam Buben
Appendix: Everything You Ever Needed to Know about Meg Griffin, as Compiled
by the Contributors 209
Notes on Contributors: What the Deuce!?! They're Real! (Most of Them,
Anyway) 210
Index: He-He-He-He-He-He .You Read Books 214
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1 That's right, freakin' #F. What are you, some kind of mathematician?