More Dr. Seuss and Philosophy (eBook, ePUB)

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Redaktion: Held, Jacob M.

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Produktbeschreibung

Dr. Seuss and Philosophy delighted thousands of readers by demonstrating the insights of these children's classics through a playful engagement with the philosophical tradition. In More Dr. Seuss and Philosophy readers will be offered a vision of the good life through the world of Dr. Seuss. Whether it's stoicism and care of the self in Did I ever Tell you How Lucky you Are?, facing our own mortality in You're Only Old Once, or the value of compassion, building communities, and resolving conflicts in the parables of Horton the elephant, King Derwin of Didd, or the Butter Battle Book, the essays in this book focus on living well through the wisdom of Dr. Seuss and other philosophers. Contributions by Elizabeth Butterfield, Cam Cobb, Timothy M. Dale, Joseph J. Foy, Kevin Guilfoy, Jacob M. Held, Glenn Jellenik, Sharon Kaye, Dennis Knepp, Rob Main, Bertha Alvarez Manninen, Jennifer L. McMahon, Matthew F. Pierlott, Janelle Pötzsch, Benjamin Rider, and Aeon J. Skoble

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781538101346
• Artikelnr.: 56798996

Autorenporträt

Jacob Held has written extensively on philosophy and popular culture, having edited Dr. Seuss and Philosophy and Roald Dahl and Philosophy, coedited James Bond and Philosophy, and contributed to volumes on the Beatles, South Park, and Watchmen, to name a few. He teaches philosophy at the University of Central Arkansas and lives in Conway, Arkansas.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Editor's Note Welcome! Chapter 1: On Beyond Reason: Dr. Seuss and the Romantic Imagination
by Glenn Jellenik Chapter 2: Aristotle and The Cat on Fun that is Funny
by Dennis Knepp You! Chapter 3: Aristotle and Eudaimonia: Oh
the Virtues You'll Do!
by Matthew Pierlott Chapter 4: Did I Ever Tell You How Stoic You Are?
by Benjamin Rider Chapter 5: One Must Imagine Dr. Seuss Happy: Existential Freedom and the Search for Meaning in Happy Birthday to You! and I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew
by Elizabeth Butterfield Chapter 6: Your Ending is Waiting: Seuss and Socrates on Death and Aging
by Robert Main & Matthew Pierlott Chapter 7: Dr. Seuss and Aristotle on the Most Important Friendship of All
by Sharon Kaye Them! Chapter 8: It Should be like That! - Egoism
Philanthropy
and a Virtuous Elephant
by Jacob M. Held Chapter 9: Feeling As
Feeling For
Seeing What's Right and So Much More: Empathy
Concern
and Moral Growth in Dr. Seuss
by Jennifer L. McMahon Chapter 10: Hearing Whos and Minding Others - Care Ethics in Dr. Seuss
by Janelle Pötzsch Chapter 11: No Kind of Sneetch is Best: Bigotry
Dehumanization
and Re-humanization in the Stories of Dr. Seuss
by Bertha Alvarez Manninen Chapter 12: The Other Sneetches
by Cam Cobb Us! Chapter 13: Oh
the Mistakes You'll Make When You're Free: Coercion
Power
and Liberty in Dr. Seuss
by Kevin Guilfoy Chapter 14: State Power and Individual Rights in Dr. Seuss
by Aeon J. Skoble Chapter 15: The Failures of Kings Derwin and Yertle: Authority
Law
and Civil Disobedience from Didd to Sala-ma-sond
by Jacob M. Held Chapter 16: The Sneetches
the Zax
and Too Many Daves: Seuss's Inclusive Answer to Diversity and Difference
by Timothy M. Dale and Joseph J. Foy Chapter 17: Yooks and Zooks: The Bread and Butter of War
by Jacob M. Held Epilogue: A Simple Answer
by Jacob M. Held Notes Index Author Biographies