The Office and Philosophy

Scenes from the Unexamined Life
Herausgegeben:Wisnewski, J. Jeremy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Through humorous and revealing essays by professional philosophers, The Office and Philosophy illustrates broad philosophical concepts by exploring the characters and scenes of their unexamined lives in both the British and American versions of the acclaimed television series, The Office.

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Fans der Serie "The Office" (dt. Stromberg) kommen hier genauso auf ihre Kosten wie jeder an Philosophie interessierte Leser. In fünf Kapiteln wird dabei auf die verschiedensten philosophischen Themen eingegangen. Am Anfang steht die Moralphilosophie, konkret geht es beispielsweise darum, ob Michael lernfähig ist, wenn es um Empathie und Konflikte zwischen ihm und den anderen geht, oder welche Rolle die Erniedrigung innerhalb der Serie spielt. Das zweite Kapitel widmet sich der Selbsterkenntnis und untersucht unter anderem die Frage, inwieweit "was ich nicht weiß, macht mich nicht heiß" für Dwight gilt. Kapitel drei, vier und fünf behandeln u. a. die politische Korrektheit der Serie, Religion und Unglauben der Charaktere, rassistische Bemerkungen und Urteile oder, ganz konkret, welche Rolle des Denken Jean Baudrillards spielt - nicht nur in der hyperrealen Welt des David Brent. Sämtliche Essays des Buchs sind gleichermaßen witzig wie erhellend und illustrieren, dass Philosophie nicht im Elfenbeinturm stattfindet, sondern mitten im Leben!

Produktdetails

• The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9781405175555
• ISBN-10: 1405175559
• Artikelnr.: 23388063

Autorenporträt

J. Jeremy Wisnewski is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Hartwick College. He is the author of Wittgenstein and Ethical Inquiry: A Defense of Ethics as Clarification (Continuum, 2007) and the editor of Family Guy and Philosophy (Blackwell, 2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. A note to our Suppliers in the US and the UK: Support
Philosophy--it uses lots of paper.... A Note to Bitter Brits and Confused
Americans.... The Dundies: Some Awards for Making this Book Possible. .
Memo 1: Paper Thin Morality. 1. J. Jeremy Wisnewski, Screws and Nails:
Paper Tigers and Moral Monsters in The Office (US). 2. Mark D. White,
Flirting in The Office: What Can Jim and Pam's Romantic Antics Teach Us
about Moral Philosophy? (US). 3. Andrew Terjesen, Can Michael Ever Learn?:
Empathy and the Self-Other Gap (US). 4. Wim Vandekerckhove and Eva
Tsahuridu, Leaving the Dice Alone: Pointlessness and Helplessness at
Wernham-Hogg (UK). 5. Sean McAleer, The Virtues of Humor: What The Office
Can Teach Us About Aristotle's Ethics (UK). . Memo 2: Know Thyself!. 6.
Stefanie Rocknak, Pam and Jim on the Make: The Epistemology of
Self-Deception (US). 7. Randall M. Jensen, What Dwight Doesn't Know Can't
Hurt Him--Or Can It? Deception and Self-Deception in The Office (US). 8.
Peter Murphy and Jonathan Evans, Authenticity or Happiness? Michael Scott
and the Ethics of Self-Deception (US). 9. John Elia, Humiliation in The
Office (and at Home) (US). . Memo 3: Funny and not-so-funny Business. 10.
Michael Bray, Laughter between Distraction and Awakening: Marxist Themes in
The Office (US). 11. Matthew Meyer and Greg Schneider, Being-in-The Office:
Sartre, the Look, and the Viewer (US). 12. Russell Manning, A Boy that
Swims Faster than a Shark: Jean Baudrillard Visits The Office (UK). . Memo
4: Mind Your Business! . 13. Rory E. Kraft, Jr., Stakeholders vs.
Stockholders in the American Office (US). 14. David Kyle Johnson, Attacking
with the North: Affirmative Action and The Office (US). 15. Thomas Nys,
Darkies, Dwarves, and Benders: Political (In)Correctness in The Office
(UK). 16. Keith Dromm, The Hostile Office: Michael as a Sexual Harasser
(US). 17. David Kyle Johnson, The Obscene Watermark: Corporate
Responsibility at Dunder-Mifflin (US). . Memo 5: Philosophy at the
water-cooler.... 18. Robert Arp and Jamie Watson, For L'Amour: Love and
Friendship in The Office (US). 19. Thomas Nys, Look at the Ears! The
Problem of Natural Kinds(UK). 20. Morgan Luck, Gareth Keenan Investigates
Paraconsistent Logic: The Case of the Missing Tim and the Redundancy
Paradox (UK). 21. Rick Mayock, Being Your Self in The Office (US). 22. Meg
Lonergan and J. Jeremy Wisnewski, Michael Scott is Going to Die (US). .
Appendix A, From Our Office to Yours: The University of Scranton and The
Office. Appendix B, Question: What do you need to know about Dwight K.
Schrute? Corporate Filing System (Index). Employees (Notes on Contributors)