Everything I Know I Learned from TV: Philosophy for the Unrepentant Couch Potato

by Mark Rowlands

Ever sat down to watch your favorite TV show and thought, "How can doing this teach me how to live a better life, make the world a fairer place, define good from bad?" Mark Rowlands uses our favorite... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0091898358
• ISBN13: 9780091898359
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Fun and thought-provoking

A great companion to his big screen sci-fi examples in "The Philosopher at the end of the universe", Mark Rowlands turns his eye to the small screen to illustrate the inherent conflict between the 4 strands that constitute the fractured modern worldview--individualism, relativism, voluntarism and instrumentalism. Themed chapters are culled from Buffy, The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Friends, 24, Seinfeld, The Simpsons and Frasier. And no worries, it makes a good read even if you've never seen some of these shows.