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Stranger Things and Philosophy: Thus Spake the Demogorgon
$19.95 Add to cartThe authors turn existing theories about Stranger Things Upside Down.
- Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy #126
- Author: Ewing, Jeffrey A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 05 2019
- ISBN10: 0812694708
- Language: English
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Rupaul’s Drag Race and Philosophy: Sissy That Thought
$19.95 Add to cartThe first truly philosophical exploration of the drag queen in the context of this ground-breaking reality TV show
- Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy #129
- Author: Kempt, Hendrik
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 03 2019
- ISBN10: 0812694783
- Language: English
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Hannibal Lecter and Philosophy: The Heart of the Matter
$29.95 Add to cartHannibal Lecter, the subject of best-selling novels, movies, and the acclaimed TV series Hannibal, is one of pop culture’s most compelling characters. In Hannibal Lecter and Philosophy, 16 philosopher… [more below]
- Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy #96
- Author: Westfall, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 12 2016
- ISBN10: 0812699041
- Language: English
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The Green Halo: A Bird’s-Eye View of Ecological Ethics
$26.95 Add to cartPresenting a wide range of views and strategies, The Green Halo analyzes the problematic relations between humans and the rest of the natural world. The author looks at the views of thinkers including… [more below]
- Author: Kohak, Erazim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 25 1999
- ISBN10: 0812694112
- Language: English
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Neil Gaiman and Philosophy: Gods Gone Wild!
$19.95 Add to cartNeil Gaiman is the imaginative wizard behind the best-selling novels American Gods (soon to be an HBO series) and The Anansi Boys, the graphic series The Sandman, and popular children’s books like Cor… [more below]
- Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy
- Author: Bealer, Tracy L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 12 2012
- ISBN10: 0812697650
- Language: English
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Archetype of the Apocalypse: Divine Vengeance, Terrorism, and the End of the World
$29.95 Add to cartThe collective belief in Armageddon has become more powerful and widespread in the wake of recent terrorist attacks. Edward Edinger looks at the chaos predicted by the Book of Revelation and relates i… [more below]
- Series: Divine Vengeance, Terrorism, and the End of the World
- Author: Edinger, Edward F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 22 2002
- ISBN10: 081269516X
- Language: English
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Radiohead and Philosophy: Fitter Happier More Deductive
$31.95 Add to cartSince their breakthrough hit “Creep” in 1993, Radiohead has continued to make waves throughout popular and political culture with its views about the Bush presidency (its 2003 album was titled Hail to… [more below]
- Series: Popular Culture & Philosophy #38
- Author: Forbes, Brandon W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: April 14 2009
- ISBN10: 0812696646
- Language: English
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His Dark Materials and Philosophy
$24.95 Add to cartPhilosophers explain and criticize many controversial aspects of the ambitious new TV show, His Dark Materials.
- Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy #132
- Author: Greene, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 14 2020
- ISBN10: 0812694864
- Language: English
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Daoism Explained: From the Dream of the Butterfly to the Fishnet Allegory
$24.00 Add to cartDaoism Explained offers an interpretation of the tenets of Daoist philosophy on the basis of the imagery employed in various Daoist texts. The author explains the significance of such images as water … [more below]
- Series: Ideas Explained #1
- Author: Moeller, Hans-Georg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 09 2004
- ISBN10: 0812695631
- Language: English
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The Matrix and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real
$29.95 Add to cartThe Matrix conveys the horror of a false world made of nothing but perceptions. Based on the premise that reality is a dream controlled by malevolent forces, it is one of the most overtly philosophica… [more below]
- Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy #3
- Author: Irwin, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 28 2002
- ISBN10: 081269502X
- Language: English
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Star Wars and Philosophy: More Powerful Than You Can Possibly Imagine
$19.95 Add to cartThe Star Wars films continue to revolutionize science fiction, creating new standards for cinematographic excellence, and permeating popular culture around the world. The films feature many complex th… [more below]
- Series: Popular Culture & Philosophy #12
- Author: Decker, Kevin S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 227
- Publish Date: March 23 2005
- ISBN10: 0812695836
- Language: English
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Hip-Hop and Philosophy: Rhyme 2 Reason
$26.95 Add to cartIs there too much violence in hip-hop music? What’s the difference between Kimberly Jones and the artist Lil’ Kim? Is hip-hop culture a “black” thing? Is it okay for N.W.A. to call themselves niggaz a… [more below]
- Series: Popular Culture & Philosophy #16
- Author: Darby, Derrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 26 2005
- ISBN10: 0812695895
- Language: English
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Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing
$26.95 Add to cartDesigned for philosophers as well as readers with no particular philosophical background, the essays in this lively book are grouped into four amusing acts. Act One looks at the four Seinfeld characte… [more below]
- Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy #1
- Author: Irwin, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 20 1999
- ISBN10: 0812694090
- Language: English
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Adventure Time and Philosophy: The Handbook for Heroes
$33.95 Add to cartAdventure Time and Philosophy is a monster-beating, wild ride of philosophical mayhem. One of the deepest and most thoughtful television shows ever to assault human brain waves, Adventure Time shows u… [more below]
- Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy #87
- Author: Michaud, Nicolas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 14 2015
- ISBN10: 0812698584
- Language: English
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Sartre Explained: From Bad Faith to Authenticity
$26.95 Add to cartJean-Paul Sartre is perhaps the most famous of the existentialists, and by far the most famous philosopher of the post-war era. Sartre was a highly prolific writer and thinker, and delving into his no… [more below]
- Series: Ideas Explained #06
- Author: Detmer, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 28 2008
- ISBN10: 081269631X
- Language: English
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Jimmy Buffett and Philosophy: The Porpoise Driven Life
$29.95 Add to cartJimmy Buffett and his music have touched the lives of millions of people around the world, spanning generations and genres. But is Buffett’s music just a good time, or is there a deeper level to it? J… [more below]
- Series: Popular Culture & Philosophy
- Author: McKenna, Erin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 12 2009
- ISBN10: 081269659X
- Language: English
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Dependent Rational Animals: Why Human Beings Need the Virtues
$24.95 Add to cartTo flourish, humans need to develop virtues of independent thought and acknowledged social dependence. In this book, a leading moral philosopher presents a comparison of humans to other animals and ex… [more below]
- Series: Paul Carus Lectures
- Author: MacIntyre, Alasdair
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 180
- Publish Date: May 18 2001
- ISBN10: 081269452X
- Language: English
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The Occult Underground
$45.00 Add to cartJust when it seemed that Science and Reason had scored their greatest triumphs, the mid-nineteenth century witnessed an astonishing rebirth of occultism and anit-rationalism: the beginnings of the mov
- Author: Webb, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 404
- Publish Date: August 01 1988
- ISBN10: 0812690737
- Language: English
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The Untamed Tongue: A Dissenting Dictionary
$33.95 Add to cartThis is a new collection of biting aphorisms and provocative meditations by the master iconoclast of our age. Of The Untamed Tongue Szasz says: “I have tried, in the tradition of Voltaire’s Philosoph
- Author: Szasz, Thomas Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 10 1990
- ISBN10: 0812691040
- Language: English
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Jung’s Map of the Soul: An Introduction
$29.95 Add to cartMore than a mere overview, the book offers readers a strong grounding in the basic principles of Jung’s analytical psychology in addition to illuminating insights.
- Author: Stein, Murray
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: December 30 1998
- ISBN10: 0812693760
- Language: English
