Pink Floyd and Philosophy Careful with that Axiom, Eugene!

by Reisch, George A.

• ISBN13: 9780812696363
• ISBN10: 0812696360
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-28
• Publisher: Open Court

Summary

What does the power of great art have to do with madness? Should psychedelic drugs make us doubt the evidence of our senses? How did power, sadism, and conformity turn education into mind control (not that we need either)? Can a rock band keep its identity as its members change? What can we learn from the synchronicities between The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wizard of Oz? Did Friedrich Nietzsche foreshadow Syd Barrett? When did you realize that you are the hole in reality? How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?

Table of Contents

Pink Floyd: From Pompeii to Philosophy	p. ix
Pink Floyd in Popular Culture	p. 1
"I Hate Pink Floyd," and other Fashion Mistakes of the 1960s, '70s, and Beyond	p. 3
Life and Death on The Dub Side of the Moon	p. 17
Dark and Infinite	p. 25
Pigs Training Dogs to Exploit Sheep: Animals as a Beast Fable Dystopia	p. 35
Exploring the Dark Side of the Rainbow	p. 43
Mashups and Mixups: Pink Floyd as Cinema	p. 49
Alienation (Several Different Ones)	p. 59
Dragged Down by the Stone: Pink Floyd, Alienation, and the Pressures of Life	p. 61
Roger Waters: Artist of the Absurd	p. 81
Theodor Adorno, Pink Floyd, and the Psychedelics of Alienation	p. 95
I and Thou and "Us and Them": Existential Encounters on The Dark Side of The Moon (and Beyond)	p. 121
Apples and Oranges? Or just Apples?	p. 139
Pulling Together as a Team: Collective Action and Pink Floyd's Intentions	p. 141
The Dinner Band on the Cruise Ship of Theseus	p. 163
Perception, Non-Being and other Empty Spaces	p. 177
Distorted View: A Saucerful of Skepticism	p. 179
Wish You Were Here (But You Aren't): Pink Floyd And Non-Being	p. 191
It's All Dark: The Eclipse of the Damaged Brain	p. 201
The Art of Insanity: Nietzsche, Barrett, and Beyond	p. 229
Wandering And Dreaming: The Tragic Life of Syd Barrett	p. 231
Submersion, Subversion, and Syd: The Madcap Laughs and Barrett between Nietzsche and Benjamin	p. 243
The Worms and the Wall: Michel Foucault on Syd Barrett	p. 257
Living Pink	p. 271
Selected Pink Floyd Discography	p. 279
In the Flesh...	p. 283
Index	p. 287
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