{"product_id":"metallica-and-philosophy-isbn-9781405163484","title":"Metallica and Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHit the lights and jump in the fire, you're about to enter the School of Rock!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToday's lecture will be a crash course in brain surgery. This hard and fast lesson is taught by instructors who graduated from the old school—they actually paid $5.98 for \u003ci\u003eThe $5.98 EP\u003c\/i\u003e. But back before these philosophy professors cut their hair, they were lieutenants in the Metal Militia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA provocative study of the 'thinking man's' metal band\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMaps out the connections between Aristotle, Nietzsche, Marx, Kierkegaard, and Metallica, to demonstrate the band's philosophical significance\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses themes in Metallica's work to illuminate topics such as freedom, truth, identity, existentialism, questions of life and death, metaphysics, epistemology, the mind-body problem, morality, justice, and what we owe one another\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on Metallica's lyrical content, Lars Ulrich's relationship with Napster, as well as the documentary \u003ci\u003eSome Kind of Monster\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eServes as a guide for thinking through the work of one of the greatest rock bands of all time\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCompiled by the editor of \u003ci\u003eSeinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eHeroes of the Day: Acknowledgments viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHit the Lights 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDISC 1 On Through the Never 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Whisper Things Into My Brain: Metallica, Emotion, and Morality 5\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Fudge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 This Search Goes On: Christian, Warrior, Buddhist 16\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam Irwin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Alcoholica: When Sweet Amber Becomes the Master of Puppets 29\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBart Engelen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Through the Mist and the Madness: Metallica’s Message of Nonconformity, Individuality, and Truth 41\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas Nys\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDISC 2 Existensica: Metallica Meets Existentialism 53\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Metal Militia and the Existentialist Club 55\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ. Jeremy Wisnewski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Struggle Within: Hetfield, Kierkegaard, and the Pursuit of Authenticity 65\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhilip Lindholm \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Metallica, Nietzsche, and Marx: The Immorality of Morality 74\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter S. Fosl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Metallica’s Existential Freedom: From We to I and Back Again 85\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRachael Sotos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDISC 3 Living and Dying, Laughing and Crying 99\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 To Live is to Die: Metallica and the Meaning of Life 101\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eScott Calef\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Madness in the Mirror of Reason: Metallica and Foucault on Insanity and Confinement 117\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrian K. Cameron\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Ride the Lightning: Why Not Execute Killers? 127\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThom Brooks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Living and Dying as One: Suffering and the Ethics of Euthanasia 135\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJason T. Eberl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Fade to Black: Absurdity, Suicide, and the Downward Spiral 148\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJustin Donhauser and Kimberly A. Blessing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDISC 4 Metaphysica, Epistemologica, Metallica 161\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Believer, Deceiver: Metallica, Perception, and Reality 163\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Arp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Trapped in Myself: “One” and the Mind-Body Problem 173\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoanna Corwin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Is It Still Metallica? On the Identity of Rock Bands Over Time 183\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eManuel Bremer and Daniel Cohnitz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDISC 5 Fans and the Band 197\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Metallica Drops a Load: What Do Bands and Fans Owe Each Other? 199\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark D. White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Unsocial Sociability of Humans and Metal Gods 210\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNiall Scott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Boys Interrupted: The Drama of Male Bonding in Some Kind of Monster 219\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJudith Grant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Justice for All? Metallica’s Argument Against Napster and Internet File Sharing 232\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert A. Delfino\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWho’s Who in the Metal Militia 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Phantom Lord’s Index 250\u003c\/p\u003e  “The most elucidative dissertation on Metallica ever written. And a kick-ass read to boot!!!” \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eScott Ian, guitarist for Anthrax\u003c!--end--\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Like philosophy itself, Metallica’s music can scare the uninitiated, who fear their brains will hurt. This book makes both philosophy and Metallica accessible to the curious while deepening the experience of those already in the know.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTheodore Gracyk, author of Rhythm and Noise and Listening to Popular Music\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eMetallica and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e is, at long last, the book which finally gives everyone’s favorite headbangers due credit for being intelligent, questioning, and even cerebral.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoel McIver, author of Justice For All: The Truth About Metallica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Not just heavy metal, not just rock n’ roll, not just angst or anger or conceptual analysis, but a monster in a category of its own that shows us something dangerous about ourselves and our post-industrial culture.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDale Jacquette, Pennsylvania State University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Intellectual snobs and proud low-brows alike may dismiss this as a joke- though obviously not respected academic publishers Blackwell ... as an introduction to some of the major schools of thought, it is no less worthy than popular books like \u003ci\u003eSophie's World\u003c\/i\u003e that have also sought to bring philosophy to the mass market.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTommy Udo, Metal Hammer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA “provocative study” on one of metal’s greatest bands, this paperback examines the connection between Metallica and highly regarded philosophers like Aristotle and Nietzsche, and “uses themes in Metallica’s work to illuminate topics such as death, metaphysics, epistemology, the mind-body problem, morality, justice and what we owe one another.” Edited by a college professor, chapters include “Alcoholica: When Sweet Amber Becomes The Master Of Puppets,” “To Live and Die: Metallica and The Meaning Of Life” and “Boys Interrupted: The Drama Of Male Bonding In Some Kind Of Monster.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMetal Edge Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eWilliam Irwin\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at King's College, Pennsylvania. He has edited \u003ci\u003eSeinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer\u003c\/i\u003e (with Mark T. Conard and Aeon J. Skoble); and \u003ci\u003eCritical Thinking: A Student's Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (with Gregory Bassham, H. Nardone, and J. Wallace). He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eIntentionalist Interpretation: A Philosophical Explanation and Defense\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Death and Resurrection of the Author\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003eHit the lights and jump in the fire, you're about to enter the School of Rock! Today's lecture will be a crash course in brain surgery. This hard and fast lesson is taught by instructors who graduated from the old school—they actually paid $5.98 for \u003ci\u003eThe $5.98 EP\u003c\/i\u003e. But back before these philosophy professors cut their hair, they were lieutenants in the Metal Militia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetallica\u003c\/i\u003e is the 'thinking man's' metal band and the headbanger's CNN. Snobs and music critics have often dismissed \u003ci\u003eMetallica\u003c\/i\u003e as mindless noise; we're here to set the record straight. 'In pursuit of truth no matter where it lies,' this book considers questions that philosophers have been pondering for ages, including: Does \u003ci\u003eMetallica's\u003c\/i\u003e music provide an Aristotelian catharsis or does it just make kids go postal? Can 'Fade to Black' save you from suicide? Are we all in the 'Sanitarium'? How can we 'Escape' to be free? What can Nietzsche tell us about the God That Failed? What can Descartes and 'One' tell us about the relationship between the mind and the body? Did Lars make a sound argument against Napster?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetallica\u003c\/i\u003e is more than just a band, and this book is much more than just a ticket to ride down memory lane. This is an in-depth analysis of the soundtrack to your life. So start your CD player, fire up your iPod, or, better yet, break out the old vinyl. We're going' for a ride with the four horsemen, and a few philosophers too.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989612642533,"sku":"NP9781405163484","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405163484.jpg?v=1761784808","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/metallica-and-philosophy-isbn-9781405163484","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}