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9780812694338

The Simpsons and Philosophy The D'oh! of Homer

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  • ISBN13:

    9780812694338

  • ISBN10:

    0812694333

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-02-28
  • Publisher: Open Court

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Summary

The author plumbs the depths of America's favorite animated family fornsights into philosophy and society, discussing Aristotle, Marx, Camus,artre, and many others.

Author Biography

William Irwin is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at King's College, Pennsylvania Dr. Conard has published scholarly articles on Kant, Nietzsche, and Quentin Tarantino Dr. Skoble teaches philosophy at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Meditations on Springfield? 1(4)
Part I The Characters 5(74)
Homer and Aristotle
7(18)
Raja Halwani
Lisa and American Anti-intellectualism
25(9)
Aeon J. Skoble
Why Maggie Matters: Sounds of Silence, East and West
34(12)
Eric Bronson
Marge's Moral Motivation
46(13)
Gerald J. Erion
Joseph A. Zeccardi
Thus Spake Bart: On Nietzsche and the Virtues of Being Bad
59(20)
Mark T. Conard
Part II Simpsonian Themes 79(66)
The Simpsons and Allusion: ``Worst Essay Ever''
81(12)
William Irwin
J.R. Lombardo
Popular Parody: The Simpsons Meets the Crime Film
93(15)
Deborah Knight
The Simpsons, Hyper-Irony, and the Meaning of Life
108(18)
Carl Matheson
Simpsonian Sexual Politics
126(19)
Dale E. Snow
James J. Snow
Part III I Didn't Do It: Ethics and The Simpsons 145(88)
The Moral World of the Simpson Family: A Kantian Perspective
147(13)
James Lawler
The Simpsons: Atomistic Politics and the Nuclear Family
160(19)
Paul A. Cantor
Springfield Hypocrisy
179(12)
Jason Holt
Enjoying the so-called ``Iced Cream'': Mr. Burns, Satan, and Happiness
191(11)
Daniel Barwick
Hey-diddily-ho, Neighboreenos: Ned Flanders and Neighborly Love
202(13)
David Vessey
The Function of Fiction: The Heuristic Value of Homer
215(18)
Jennifer L. McMahon
Part IV The Simpsons and the Philosophers 233(50)
A (Karl, not Groucho) Marxist in Springfield
235(17)
James M. Wallace
``And the Rest Writes Itself'': Roland Barthes Watches The Simpsons
252(17)
David L. G. Arnold
What Bart Calls Thinking
269(14)
Kelly Dean Jolley
Episode List 283(7)
Based on Ideas By 290(6)
Featuring the Voices Of 296(5)
Index 301

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