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The Simpsons is one of the most literary and intelligent
comedies on television today-fertile ground for questions such as:
Does Nietzsche justify Bart''s bad behavior? Is hypocrisy always
unethical? What is Lisa''s conception of the Good? From the editor
of the widely-praised Seinfeld and Philosophy, The Simpsons and
Philosophy is an insightful and humorous look at the philosophical
tenets of America''s favorite animated family that will delight
Simpsons fans and philosophy aficionados alike.
Twenty-one philosophers and academics discuss and debate the
absurd, hyper-ironic, strangely familiar world that is Springfield,
the town without a state. In exploring the thought of key
philosophers including Aristotle, Marx, Camus, Sartre, Heidegger,
and Kant through episode plots and the characters'' antics, the
contributors tackle issues like irony and the meaning of life,
American anti-intellectualism, and existential rebellion. The
volume also includes an episode guide and a chronology of
philosophers which lists the names and dates of the major thinkers
in the history of philosophy, accompanied by a representative quote
from each.
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