Open Court: 208 books
Ender's Game and Philosophy
Genocide Is Child's Play
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card’s award-winning 1985 novel, has been discovered and rediscovered by generations of science fiction fans and young adult readers, banned and challenged in schools, assigned in high school English classes, and adopted as reading by the US Marine Corps. Ender's Game...
Orange Is the New Black and Philosophy
Last Exit from Litchfield
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2015
This collection of eighteen chapters by talented philosophical minds probes some of the many lessons to be learned from Orange Is the New Black (mostly the addictive Netflix comedy-drama but with some attention to the best-selling real-life book by Piper Kerman). The show and the book that inspired...
Star Trek and Philosophy
The Wrath of Kant
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
Philosophy and space travel are characterized by the same fundamental purpose: exploration. An essential guide for both philosophers and Trekkers, Star Trek and Philosophy combines a philosophical spirit of inquiry with the beloved television and film series to consider questions not only about the...
Woody Allen and Philosophy
[You Mean My Whole Fallacy Is Wrong?]
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
Fifteen philosophers representuing different schools of thought answer the question what is Woody Allen trying to say in his films? And why should anyone care?
Focusing on different works and varied aspects of Allen's multifaceted output, these essays explore the philosophical undertones of Anne Hall,...
Reading Negri
Marxism in the Age of Empire
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2011
Antonio Negri is the most important Marxist theorist working today. His writings include novel readings of classical philosophers such as Machiavelli, Descartes, and Spinoza, revolutionary reinterpretations of the central texts of Marx, and works of contemporary political analysis. Negri is known...
Metaphysical Graffiti
Deep Cuts in the Philosophy of Rock
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2017
Metaphysical Graffiti explores the philosophical themes prevalent in the music of the classic rock era. Each chapter is a detailed study of a classic rock performer or ensemble, applying insights from philosophers ancient and modern. It will appeal to an audience that was inspired by the music of...
The Wizard of Oz and Philosophy
Wicked Wisdom of the West
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
From the bedtime story by L. Frank Baum to the classic 1939 film, no story has captured the imaginations of generations of children - and adults - like The Wizard of Oz. The story of Dorothy’s journey through Oz, the colorful characters, places, songs, and dialogue have permeated popular culture...
Tom Petty and Philosophy
We Need to Know
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Tom Petty's Last Tour Sold 637,671 Tickets Across 44 Shows, Earned $61 Million
The dedication of Tom Petty fans remains intense as they await the release of many high-quality recordings expected to be made available in the next year or two.
Tom Petty and Philosophy appears a year after...
Johnny Cash and Philosophy
The Burning Ring of Truth
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
Interest in the Man in Black has grown since his death in 2003, with increased record sales, cover videos by groups like Nine Inch Nails, and the 2006 biopic Walk the Line cementing his fame. This book honors Cash by examining the many philosophical issues and concepts within his music. From the gender...
Movies and the Meaning of Life
Philosophers Take on Hollywood
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
"The meaning of life is the most urgent of questions," said the existentiallist thinker Albert Camus. And no less a philosopher than Woody Allen has wondered:"How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size?"
"Movies and the Meaning of Life"...
The Wire and Philosophy
This America, Man
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
By many accounts, HBO’s The Wire was and remains the greatest and most important television drama of all time. Conceived by writers David Simon and ex-Baltimore homicide detective Ed Burns, this five-season, sixty-episode tour de force has raised the bar for compelling, intelligent television production....
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Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2015
Hilary Putnam, who turned 88 in 2014, is one of the world’s greatest living philosophers. He currently holds the position of Cogan University Professor Emeritus of Harvard. He has been called one of the 20th century’s true philosophic giants” (by Malcolm Thorndike Nicholson in Prospect magazine...
Who was Jesus?
A Critique of the New Testament Record
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
What do we know about the historical origins of Christianity? How reliable are the 27 books of the New testament? Is Jesus a historical or a legendary figure?
In the last 150 years, scholars have established many facts about the New testament, facts still largely unknown to the general public...
by Henry Rosemont Jr., Huston Smith
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2015
In this provocative volume two important scholars of religion, Huston Smith and Henry Rosemont, Jr., put forth their viewpoints and share a probing conversation. Though the two diverge considerably in their accounts of religious faith and practice, they also agree on fundamental points. Huston Smith,...