Family Guy and Philosophy

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Jeremy Wisnewski
Wiley, Aug 27, 2007 - Performing Arts - 222 pages
Family Guy and Philosophy brings together low-brow, potty-mouthed, cartoon humor and high-brow philosophical reflection to deliver an outrageously hilarious and clever exploration of one of TV’s most unrelenting families. Ok, it’s not that high-brow.

  • A sharp, witty and absurd exploration of one of television’s most unrelenting families, the stars of one of the biggest-selling TV series ever on DVD, now in its fourth season
  • Tackles the perennial positions of Family Guy at the same time as contemplating poignant philosophical issues
  • Takes an introspective look at what this show can teach us about ethics, ego, religion, death, and of course, time-travel
  • Considers whether Family Guy is really a vehicle for conservative politics, and whether we should be offended by the show, as well as diving into the philosophy of the cast

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Contents

Should Believers Take Offense?
16
Virtue and Perversity
27
Lucky theres a family guy And what a family
49
Copyright

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About the author (2007)

J. Jeremy Wisnewski is Assistant Professor at Hartwick College. He is the author of Wittgenstein and Ethical Inquiry: A Defense of Ethics as Clarification (2007) and The Politics of Agency: Toward a Pragmatic Approach to Philosophical Anthropology (2008). He is also the editor of The Office and Philosophy (Blackwell, 2008).

Bibliographic information

TitleFamily Guy and Philosophy
Volume 9 of The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
EditorJeremy Wisnewski
PublisherWiley, 2007
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedJan 19, 2010
ISBN140516316X, 9781405163163
Length222 pages
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Performing Arts / Television / General
Philosophy / General
Social Science / Popular Culture
  
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