South Park and Philosophy: You Know, I Learned Something Today (The Blackwell Philosophy & Pop Culture Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (545 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1405161604 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Get your Big Wheels ready, because we’re going for a ride, as 22 philosophers take us down the road to understanding the big-picture issues in this small mountain town.A smart and candid look at one of television’s most subversive and controversial shows, celebrating its 10th anniversary this yearDraws close parallels between the irreverent nature of South Park and the inquiring and skeptical approach of philosophyAddresses the perennial questions of the show, and the contemporary social and political issues that inspire each episodeUses familiar characters and episodes to illustrate topics such as moral relativism, freedom of expression, gay marriage, blasphemy, democracy, feminism, animal ethics, existential questions and much moremakes you laugh out loud. If you think Saddam and Satan make a kinky couple, wait till you get a load of South Park and Philosophy
All rights reserved. From Publishers Weekly With a firm belief in the power of satire, and a number of complicated questions-including the morals of laughing at a ten-year-old's racist, sexually active hand-puppet-author and philosophy professor Arp presents an accessible collection of 22 essays on Comedy Central's controversial, long-running cartoon series South Park. . In the first entry, William W. Though the laundry list of philosophical issues-gender and sexuality, personal identity, the problem of evil, religious pluralism, the ethics of belief-feels familiar, and some of the writers' attempts at lowbrow humor can be embarrassingly off-mark, it's a serious but inviting roundup that high-minded South Park fans, as well as pop-philosophy devotees, will find worthwhile.Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed
You Killed Free Speech.you b*******! Kelly L. Norman I've read a few of the "South Park illuminates the world" books, and this is the only one that satisfies the thinking fan without being too awestruck and hyperbolic. Not only because it's a great apologia for the most juvenile jokes in the TV series, but because it links Trey Parker & Matt Stone to a whole plethora of philosophers (if philosophers don't come in plethoras, I think they should). The only part in whichI didn't see the connection was in the ideas . "You know, it COULD'VE been better" according to T. Lawson. But then so could a lot of other things. Like the government people's attitudes the taste of a lot of tacosYou can't really help it; some things fall expectations.When you look at this book's cover, you brace yourself for hilarious comedy. If you read enough you know that there was a book for the Simpsons relating the show to philosophy. It was just South Park's turn.Now, it's true that the individual writers could've gone more in depth with a few topics. Pers. Screw you guys I'm going home Jeffrey Esposito Who would have thought that a show about four boys from a redneck hick town in Colorado would be around 11 years after offending it's first audience? Let alone spark scholarly conversation and debate.You don't need to adjust your computer monitor, I did just mention South Park in the same breath as intellectuals. The show that spurned every ethnic group from Mormons to Christians, social and disabled groups and drove Chef to quit with their infamous Scientolog