Arp / Decker The Ultimate South Park and Philosophy

Respect My Philosophah!
2. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-60747-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series

Enlightenment from the South Park gang faster than youcan say, "Screw you guys, I'm going home"!
The Ultimate South Park and Philosophy: Respect MyPhilosophah! presents a compilation of serious philosophicalreflections on the twisted insights voiced by characters inTV's most irreverent animated series.
* Offers readers a philosophically smart and candid approach toone of television's most subversive and controversial showsas it enters its 17th season
* Draws sharp parallels between the irreverent nature of SouthPark and the inquiring and skeptical approach of Westernphilosophy
* Journeys deep beyond the surface of the show'sscatological humor to address the perennial questions raised inSouth Park and the contemporary social and political issuesthat inspire each episode
* Utilizes familiar characters and episodes to illustrate suchphilosophical topics as moral relativism, freedom of expression,gay marriage, blasphemy, democracy, feminism, animal ethics,existential questions, and much more
* It's a Bigger, Longer & Uncut version of the highlyacclaimed South Park and Philosophy: You Know, I LearnedSomething Today--and is guaranteed to be much funnier thankilling Kenny

Autoren/Hrsg.

Arp, Robert

Decker, Kevin S.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Irwin, William

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: "Well, I'm Afraid It's About toHappen Again" 1
Robert Arp and Kevin S. Decker
Part I Doing Philosophical Things with South Park 5
1 Flatulence and Philosophy: A Lot of Hot Air, or the Corruption ofYouth? 7
Willie Young
2 You Know, I Learned Something Today: Stan Marsh and the Ethicsof Belief 19
Henry Jacoby
3 "Imaginationland," Terrorism, and the DifferenceBetween Real and Imaginary 29
Christopher C. Kirby
4 Dude, Listen to Reason! Logic Lessons Inside and Outside SouthPark 41
Robert Arp
Part II South Park and ... Religion 53
5 Science, Religion, South Park, and God 55
David Kyle Johnson
6 "Your Magic Is No Match for Our PowersCombined!"--Religious Pluralism and the Search for Truth71
Jeffrey Dueck
7 Cartmanland and the Problem of Evil 83
David Kyle Johnson
Part III South Park versus ... Religion 95
8 "Respect My Religiositah!"--South Park andBlasphemy 97
David Koepsell
9 Mary's Menses and Morality: Blasphemy in South Park108
Kevin J. Murtagh
10 South Park, The Book of Mormon, and How ReligiousFundamentalists Always Find a Way to Be Naive and Arrogant at theSame Time 119
Roberto Sirvent and Neil Baker
Part IV Respecting My Authoritah! in South Park 131
11 Juvenile Hijinks With Serious Subtext: Dissent and Democracyin South Park 133
David Valleau Curtis and Gerald J. Erion
12 Of Marx and Mantequilla: Labor and Immigration in "TheLast of the Meheecans" 143
Jeffrey Ewing
13 "Vote or Die, Bitch"--Does Every Vote Countin a Two-Party System? 153
John Scott Gray
14 Socioeconomic Darwinism from a South Park Perspective164
Dale Jacquette
Part V Liber-arianism in South Park 175
15 Cartman Shrugged: South Park and Libertarian Philosophy177
Paul A. Cantor
16 Sitting Downtown at Kentucky Fried Chicken: One Toke Over theLine 194
Kevin S. Decker
17 Cat Urine, Medicinal Fried Chicken, and Smoking: SouthPark's Anti-Paternalistic Libertarianism 208
Shane D. Courtland
Part VI There's a Time and a Place for Everything,Children 221
18 You (Still) Can't Get Married, You're Faggots:Mrs. Garrison and the Gay Marriage Debate 223
Jacob M. Held
19 Cute and Cuddly Animals versus Yummy Animals 236
Cynthia Jones
20 Aesthetic Value, Ethos, and Phil Collins: The Power of Musicin South Park 247
Per F. Broman
Contributors 260
Index 265

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Arp is an analyst working with the U.S.Government. He has done data modeling work as an ontologist, andhas taught philosophy courses at colleges and universities, too.His interests include philosophy of biology, ontology in theinformation science sense, and philosophy and pop culture.
Kevin S. Decker teaches philosophy at Eastern WashingtonUniversity, where he is also an Associate Dean of the College ofArts, Letters and Education. His research interests are Americanpragmatism, Continental philosophy, ethics, philosophy and popculture, and social theory.
William Irwin is Professor of Philosophy at King'sCollege. He originated the philosophy and popular culture genre ofbooks as coeditor of the bestselling The Simpsons andPhilosophy and has overseen recent titles including Supermanand Philosophy, Black Sabbath and Philosophy, andSpider-Man and Philosophy.