Open Court imprint: 208 books
U2 and Philosophy
How to Decipher an Atomic Band
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2012
Is it possible to be a committed Christian and a rock superstar? Can political activists make good music? Do hugely successful rock bands really care about AIDS and poverty in Africa, or is it just another image-enhancing schtick? U2 and Philosophy ponders these and other seeming dichotomies in the...
The Grateful Dead and Philosophy
Getting High Minded about Love and Haight
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
This book is another one of those late-night Grateful Dead inspired dorm room conversations with friends . . . only this time it’s your professors sitting cross-legged on the floor asking if anyone else wants to order a pizza.
The Grateful Dead emerged from the San Francisco counter-culture...
The Good Wife and Philosophy
Temptations of Saint Alicia
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
In The Good Wife and Philosophy, fifteen philosophers look at the deeper issues raised by this stirring TV drama.
The Good Wife gives us courtroom battles in the tradition of Perry Mason, with the added dimension of a political intrigue and a tormented personal story. We witness the interplay between...
The Ultimate Game of Thrones and Philosophy
You Think or Die
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2016
The Ultimate Game of Thrones and Philosophy treats fans to dozens of new essays by experts who examine philosophical questions raised by the Game of Thrones story. This ultimate analysis provides the most comprehensive discussion to date and engages the Game of Thrones universe through the end of...
It's Always Sunny and Philosophy
The Gang Gets Analyzed
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Philosophers wittily and expertly uncover amazing philosophical insights from the endlessly fascinating TV show, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Littmann shows how the values of the gang are the same as those of Homeric heroes. Ketcham argues that the Church should make Charlie a saint, partly...
Downton Abbey and Philosophy
Thinking in That Manor
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
In Downton Abbey and Philosophy, twenty-two professional thinkers uncover the deeper significance of this hugely popular TV saga. Millions of viewers throughout the world have been enthralled by this enactment of a vanished world of decorum and propriety, because it presents us with emotional and...
Justified and Philosophy
Shoot First, Think Later
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2014
The sharp-shooting authors in Justified and Philosophy take aim at many of the same philosophical problems that the Justified TV series grapples with. For instance, is Tim Olyphant's character, Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, morally justified in using his Wild-Wild-West-style vigilante tactics...
The Americans and Philosophy
Reds in the Bed
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
The Americans has received numerous critical accolades and won twelve major awards, including: TV Critics Associated Awards, every season placed in the Top Ten TV shows; Critics Choice TV awards, Best Drama Series for 2015; Peabody Award, 2015; Satellite Awards, Best Actress in a TV series Drama,...
Psych and Philosophy
Some Dark Juju-Magumbo
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
I’m getting something,” says Shawn, assuming a look of intense concentration and pressing his fingertips to the sides of his head. Shawn Spencer uses lies, pretense, and distraction to get at the truth. But can pseudoscience and fakery really be so helpful? And if they can be, is it ethical...
Hamilton and Philosophy
Revolutionary Thinking
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
This astounding smash-hit Broadway musical has broken box-office records and revitalized interest in American history, the American Revolution, and of course Hamilton himself
The spin-off book of the play Hamilton: The Revolution has become a best-seller, having sold 186,393 copies in the first few months of release
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Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
As cartoonist, author, public speaker, blogger, and periscoper, Scott Adams has had best-sellers in several different fields: his Dilbert cartoons, his meditations on the philosophy of Dilbert, his works on how to achieve success in business and all other areas of life, his two remarkable books on...
How to Prove There Is a God
Mortimer J. Adler's Writings and Thoughts About God
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2011
One of the great tasks of Mortimer Adler’s illustrious life was his search for a watertight proof of the existence of God. Adler believed that his search had been successful.
Adler spent years studying the classic proofs of God’s existence, especially Aquinas’s Five Ways, and found shortcomings...
iPod and Philosophy
iCon of an ePoch
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
The iPod is transforming the lives of millions, changing their relationship to music and to each other. In iPod and Philosophy, 18 philosophers with diverse specialties and points of view bring their expertise to bear on this international cultural phenomenon. They explore such questions as how individuals...
Soccer and Philosophy
Beautiful Thoughts on the Beautiful Game
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2010
This collection of incisive articles gives a leading team of international philosophers a free kick toward exploring the complex and often hidden contours of the world of soccer. What does it really mean to be a fan (and why should we count Aristotle as one)? Why do great players such as Cristiano...