Irwin Metallica and Philosophy

A Crash Course in Brain Surgery
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4051-8208-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series

Hit the lights and jump in the fire, you're about to enterthe School of Rock! Today's lecture will be a crash course inbrain surgery. This hard and fast lesson is taught by instructorswho graduated from the old school--they actually paid $5.98for The $5.98 EP. But back before these philosophyprofessors cut their hair, they were lieutenants in the MetalMilitia.
* * A provocative study of the 'thinking man's'metal band
* Maps out the connections between Aristotle, Nietzsche, Marx,Kierkegaard, and Metallica, to demonstrate the band'sphilosophical significance
* Uses themes in Metallica's work to illuminate topics suchas freedom, truth, identity, existentialism, questions of life anddeath, metaphysics, epistemology, the mind-body problem, morality,justice, and what we owe one another
* Draws on Metallica's lyrical content, Lars Ulrich'srelationship with Napster, as well as the documentary Some Kindof Monster
* Serves as a guide for thinking through the work of one of thegreatest rock bands of all time
* Compiled by the editor of Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Bookabout Everything and Nothing and The Simpsons andPhilosophy: The D'oh! of Homer

Autoren/Hrsg.

Irwin, William

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Who's Who in the Metal Miltia.
Heroes of the Day: Acknowledgments.
Hit the Lights.
DISC 1 ON THROUGH THE NEVER.
1. Whisper Things Into My Brain: Metallica, Emotion, andMorality.
Robert Fudge.
2. This Search Goes On: Christian, Warrior, Buddhist.
William Irwin.
3. Alcoholica: When Sweet Amber Becomes the Master ofPuppets.
Bart Engelen.
4. Through the Mist and the Madness: Metallica's Messageof Nonconformity, Individuality, and Truth.
Thomas Nys.
DISC 2 EXISTENSICA: METALLICA MEETS EXISTENTIALISM.
5. The Metal Militia and the Existentialists' Club.
J. Jeremy Wisnewski.
6. The Struggle Within: Hetfield, Kierkegaard, and the Pursuitof Authenticity.
Philip Lindholm.
7. Metallica, Nietzsche, and Marx: The Immorality ofMorality.
Peter S. Fosl.
8. Metallica's Existential Freedom: From We to I and BackAgain.
Rachael Sotos.
DISC 3 LIVING AND DYING, LAUGHING AND CRYING.
9. To Live is to Die: Metallica and the Meaning of Life.
Scott Calef.
10. Madness in the Mirror of Reason: Metallica and Foucault onInsanity and Confinement.
Brian K. Cameron.
11. Ride the Lightning: Why Not Execute Killers?.
Thom Brooks.
12. Living and Dying as One: Suffering and the Ethics ofEuthanasia.
Jason T. Eberl.
13. Fade to Black: Absurdity, Suicide, and the DownwardSpiral.
Justin Donhauser and Kimberly A. Blessing.
DISC 4 METAPHYSICA, EPISTEMOLOGICA, METALLICA.
14. Believer, Deceiver: Metallica, Perception, and Reality.
Robert Arp.
15. Trapped in Myself: "One" and the Mind-BodyProblem.
Joanna Corwin.
16. Is It Still Metallica? On the Identity of Rock Bands OverTime.
Manuel Bremer and Daniel Cohnitz.
DISC 5 FANS AND THE BAND.
17. Metallica Drops a Load: What Do Bands and Fans Owe EachOther?.
Mark D. White.
18. The Unsocial Sociability of Humans and Metal Gods.
Niall Scott.
19. Boys Interrupted: The Drama of Male Bonding in Some Kind ofMonster.
Judith Grant.
20. Justice for All? Metallica's Argument Against Napsterand Internet File Sharing.
Robert A. Delfino.
The Phantom Lord's Index

Über Autor(innen)

William Irwin is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at King's College, Pennsylvania. He has edited Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing; The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer (with Mark T. Conard and Aeon J. Skoble); and Critical Thinking: A Student's Introduction (with Gregory Bassham, H. Nardone, and J. Wallace). He is also the author of Intentionalist Interpretation: A Philosophical Explanation and Defense and editor of The Death and Resurrection of the Author.