Family Guy and Philosophy

Family Guy and Philosophy brings together low-brow, potty-mouthed, cartoon humor and high-brow philosophical reflection to deliver an outrageously hilarious and clever exploration of one of TV's most unrelenting families. Ok, it's not that high-brow.

Informationen zum Autor J. Jeremy Wisnewski is Assistant Professor at Hartwick College. He is the author of Wittgenstein and Ethical Inquiry: A Defense of Ethics as Clarification (2007) and The Politics of Agency: Toward a Pragmatic Approach to Philosophical Anthropology (2008). He is also the editor of The Office and Philosophy (Blackwell, 2008). Klappentext That's right. We've done it. We've brought together lowbrow, potty-mouthed, cartoon humor and highbrow philosophical reflection. Ok, it's not that highbrow, but the results are outrageously delicious. In Family Guy and Philosophy we tackle the perennial positions of the show and contemplate a little philosophy to boot!Is Family Guy really a vehicle for conservative politics? What's so funny about dysfunctional families? Should we all be offended by the show? This book gathers original essays from premier philosophers to get behind the punchlines and find out what we're really laughing at. And of course we dive into the philosophy of the cast as well, asking the important questions, like: What the hell is wrong with Stewie? Who is more human, Peter or Brian? Is Lois a feminist? Is there anything virtuous about Quagmire?Family Guy and Philosophy takes an introspective look at what this show can teach us about the ego, ethics, religion, death, and of course, time-travel, and delivers a merciless exploration of one of TV's most unrelenting families. Zusammenfassung Family Guy and Philosophy brings together low-brow, potty-mouthed, cartoon humor and high-brow philosophical reflection to deliver an outrageously hilarious and clever exploration of one of TV's most unrelenting families. Ok, it's not that high-brow. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments: These People Are Freakin' Sweet viii You Better Not Read This, Pal: An Introduction to Family Guy and Philosophy 1 J. Jeremy Wisnewski Part I Those Good Ole' Fashion Values on Which We Used to Rely 3 1 Killing the Griffins: A Murderous Exposition of Postmodernism 5 J. Jeremy Wisnewski 2 Family Guy and God: Should Believers Take Offense? 16 Raymond J. VanArragon 3 Quagmire: Virtue and Perversity 27 Shaun Miller 4 Francis Griffin and the Church of the Holy Fonz: Religious Exclusivism and "Real" Religion 36 David Kyle Johnson Part II Lucky There's a Family Guy! (And What a Family!) 49 5 Let Us Now Praise Clueless Men: Peter Griffin and Philosophy 51 Jerry Samet 6 Lois: Portrait of a Mother (Or, Nevermind Death, Motherhood is a Bitch) 59 Stephanie Empey 7 Mmmyez: Stewie and the Seven Deadly Sins 74 Sharon M. Kaye 8 The Other Children: The Importance of Meg and Chris 87 P. Sue Dohnimm 9 He Thinks He's People: How Brian Made Personhood for the Dogs 99 Daniel Malloy Part III He-He-He-He-He. You Expected More Lyrics, But You're Getting Logic, Comedy, and The Logic of Comedy 113 10 The Logic of Expectation: Family Guy and the Non Sequitur 115 Jonah P. B. Goldwater 11 What Are You Laughing At (And Why)? Exploring the Humor of Family Guy 128 Andrew Terjesen 12 Thinkin' is Freakin' Sweet: Family Guy and Fallacies 139 Robert Arp 13 The Simpsons Already Did It! This Show is a Freakin' Rip-Off! 149 Shai Biderman and William J. Devlin Part #F1 Family Problems 161 14 Is Brian More of a "Person" than Peter? Of Wills, Wantons, and Wives 163 Mark D. White 15 The Ego is a Housewife Named Lois 175 Robert Sharp 16 The Lives and Times of Stewie Griffin 186 Tuomas Manninen 17 Kierkegaard and the Norm (MacDonald) of Death 198 Adam Buben Appendix: Everything Yo...

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J. Jeremy Wisnewski is Assistant Professor at Hartwick College. He is the author of Wittgenstein and Ethical Inquiry: A Defense of Ethics as Clarification (2007) and The Politics of Agency: Toward a Pragmatic Approach to Philosophical Anthropology (2008). He is also the editor of The Office and Philosophy (Blackwell, 2008).

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That's right. We've done it. We've brought together lowbrow, potty-mouthed, cartoon humor and highbrow philosophical reflection. Ok, it's not that highbrow, but the results are outrageously delicious. In Family Guy and Philosophy we tackle the perennial positions of the show and contemplate a little philosophy to boot! Is Family Guy really a vehicle for conservative politics? What's so funny about dysfunctional families? Should we all be offended by the show? This book gathers original essays from premier philosophers to get behind the punchlines and find out what we're really laughing at. And of course we dive into the philosophy of the cast as well, asking the important questions, like: What the hell is wrong with Stewie? Who is more human, Peter or Brian? Is Lois a feminist? Is there anything virtuous about Quagmire? Family Guy and Philosophy takes an introspective look at what this show can teach us about the ego, ethics, religion, death, and of course, time-travel, and delivers a merciless exploration of one of TV's most unrelenting families.

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Acknowledgments: These People Are Freakin' Sweet viii

You Better Not Read This, Pal: An Introduction to Family Guy and Philosophy 1
J. Jeremy Wisnewski

Part I Those Good Ole' Fashion Values on Which We Used to Rely 3

1 Killing the Griffins: A Murderous Exposition of Postmodernism 5
J. Jeremy Wisnewski

2 Family Guy and God: Should Believers Take Offense? 16
Raymond J. VanArragon

3 Quagmire: Virtue and Perversity 27
Shaun Miller

4 Francis Griffin and the Church of the Holy Fonz: Religious Exclusivism and "Real" Religion 36
David Kyle Johnson

Part II Lucky There's a Family Guy! (And What a Family!) 49

5 Let Us Now Praise Clueless Men: Peter Griffin and Philosophy 51
Jerry Samet

6 Lois: Portrait of a Mother (Or, Nevermind Death, Motherhood is a Bitch) 59
Stephanie Empey

7 Mmmyez: Stewie and the Seven Deadly Sins 74
Sharon M. Kaye

8 The Other Children: The Importance of Meg and Chris 87
P. Sue Dohnimm

9 He Thinks He's People: How Brian Made Personhood for the Dogs 99
Daniel Malloy

Part III He-He-He-He-He. You Expected More Lyrics, But You're Getting Logic, Comedy, and The Logic of Comedy 113

10 The Logic of Expectation: Family Guy and the Non Sequitur 115
Jonah P. B. Goldwater

11 What Are You Laughing At (And Why)? Exploring the Humor of Family Guy 128
Andrew Terjesen

12 Thinkin' is Freakin' Sweet: Family Guy and Fallacies 139
Robert Arp

13 The Simpsons Already Did It! This Show is a Freakin' Rip-Off! 149
Shai Biderman and William J. Devlin

Part #F1 Family Problems 161

14 Is Brian More of a "Person" than Peter? Of Wills, Wantons, and Wives 163
Mark D. White

15 The Ego is a Housewife Named Lois 175
Robert Sharp

16 The Lives and Times of Stewie Griffin 186
Tuomas Manninen

17 Kierkegaard and the Norm (MacDonald) of Death 198
Adam Buben

Appendix: Everything You Ever Needed to Know about Meg Griffin, as Compiled by the Contributors 209

Notes on Contributors: What the Deuce!?! They're Real! (Most of Them, Anyway) 210

Index: He-He-He-He-He-He .You Read Books 214

1 That's right, freakin' #F. What are you, some kind of mathematician?