Introducing Philosophy Through Pop Culture: From Socrates to South Park, Hume to House

by David Kyle Johnson and William Irwin

What can South Park tell us about Socrates and the nature of evil? How does The Office help us to understand Sartre and existentialist ethics? Can Battlestar Galactica shed light on the existence of God? Introducing Philosophy Through Pop Culture uses popular culture to illustrate important philosophical concepts and the work of the major philosophers With examples from film, television, and music including South Park , The Matrix , X-Men , Batman...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1444334530
• ISBN13: 9781444334531
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 9.8"