Graham / Sparrow True Detective and Philosophy

A Deeper Kind of Darkness
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-119-28082-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series

Investigating the trail of philosophical leads in HBO's chilling True Detective series, an elite team of philosophers examine far-reaching riddles including human pessimism, Rust's anti-natalism, the problem of evil, and the 'flat circle'.
* The first book dedicated to exploring the far-reaching philosophical questions behind the darkly complex and Emmy-nominated HBO True Detective series
* Explores in a fun but insightful way the rich philosophical and existential experiences that arise from this gripping show
* Gives new perspectives on the characters in the series, its storylines, and its themes by investigating core questions such as: Why Life Rather Than Death? Cosmic Horror and Hopeful Pessimism, the Illusion of Self, Noir, Tragedy, Philosopher-Detectives, and much, much more
* Draws together an elite team of philosophers to shine new light on why this genre-expanding show has inspired such a fervently questioning fan-base

Autoren/Hrsg.

Graham, Jacob

Sparrow, Tom

Weitere Mitwirkende

Irwin, William

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents
True Detective and Philosophy: A Deeper Kind of Darkness
Introduction: Welcome to the Psychosphere
Jacob Graham and Tom Sparrow
Part One. "It's All One Ghetto, Man, Giant Gutter in Outer Space": Pessimism and Anti-Natalism
1. Why Life Rather Than Death? Answers from Rustin Cohle and Arthur Schopenhauer
Sandra Shapshay
2. Grounding Carcosa: Cosmic Horror and Philosophical Pessimism in True Detective
Christopher Mountenay
3. Hart and Cohle: The Hopeful Pessimism of True Detective
Joshua Foa Dienstag
4. Loving Rust's Pessimism: Rationalism and Emotion in True Detective Season One
Rick Elmore
5. Rust's Anti-Natalism: The Moral Imperative to "Opt Out of a Raw Deal"
Chris Byron
Part Two. "We Get the World We Deserve": Cruelty, Violence, Evil, and Justice
6. Where is the Cruelty in True Detective?
G. Randolph Mayes
7. Nevermind: Subjective and Objective Violence in Vinci
Luke Howie
8. Naturalism, Evil, and the Moral Monster: The Evil Person in True Detective
Peter Brian Barry
9. "But I Do Have a Sense of Justice:" Law and Justice in the Bleak World of Vinci
Beau Mullen
Part Three. "Everybody's Nobody": Consciousness, Existence, and Identity
10. A Dream Inside a Locked Room: The Illusion of Self
Evan Thompson
11. I Am Not Who I Used to Be, But Am I Me? Personal Identity and the Narrative of Rust
Andrew M. Winters
12. The Light is Winning
Sarah K. Donovan
13. The Tragic Misstep: Consciousness, Free Will, and the Last Midnight
Daniel P. Malloy
Part Four. "This is My Least Favorite Life": Noir, Tragedy, and Philosopher-Detectives
14. The Tragedy of True Detective Season Two: Living Our "Least Favorite Lives"
Alison Horbury
15. The Noir Detective and the City
Chuck Ward
16. Cohle and Oedipus: The Return of the Noir Hero
Daniel Tutt
Part Five. "Time is a Flat Circle": Time in True Detective
17. Time is a Flat Circle: Nietzsche's Concept of Eternal Recurrence
Lawrence J. Hatab
18. Eternal Recurrence and the Philosophy of the "Flat Circle"
Paul DiGeorgio

Über Autor(innen)

Jacob Graham is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Virginia. His research focuses on ancient and modern philosophy, as well the value of philosophy in popular culture.
Tom Sparrow is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Slippery Rock University, Pennsylvania. His primary research is in continental philosophy and phenomenology. His recent publications include Plastic Bodies (2015) and The End of Phenomenology (2014).
William Irwin (series editor) is Herve A. LeBlanc Distinguished Service Professor and Chair of Philosophy at King's College in Pennsylvania. Irwin originated the philosophy and popular culture genre of books with Seinfeld and Philosophy in 1999 and is the General Editor of The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series. He has overseen recent titles including The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy, Wonder Woman and Philosophy, and Alien and Philosophy.