Year: 2001
Author: William Irwin, Mark T. Conard
Genre: Philosophy of Pop Culture
Publisher: Open Court Publishing
ISBN: 0812694333, 9780812694338
Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy (Volume 2)
English language
Format:PDF
Interactive table of contents: No

An uncommon and carefree acquaintance with the ideas of the main Western philosophers explores the Simpsons' favorite animated tele-family. The authors for a time forget about jokes, rudeness, attacks on society and find a wise personification of irony, social criticism and philosophical thought. The narrative begins with the consideration of the characters. Does Homer really represent some of Aristotle's character traits? How does Bart represent an example of American pragmatism? The book also explores the morality and plot of the show, and concludes with speculations about exactly what the animated series displays the works of Aristotle, Marx, Camus, Sartre and other philosophers.

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