{"product_id":"family-guy-and-philosophy-isbn-9781405163163","title":"Family Guy and Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFamily Guy and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA sharp, witty and absurd exploration of one of television's most unrelenting families, the stars of one of the biggest-selling TV series ever on DVD, now in its fourth season\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTackles the perennial positions of \u003ci\u003eFamily Guy\u003c\/i\u003e at the same time as contemplating poignant philosophical issues\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTakes an introspective look at what this show can teach us about ethics, ego, religion, death, and of course, time-travel\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders whether \u003ci\u003eFamily Guy\u003c\/i\u003e is really a vehicle for conservative politics, and whether we should be offended by the show, as well as diving into the philosophy of the cast\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments: These People Are Freakin’ Sweet viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYou Better Not Read This, Pal: An Introduction to \u003ci\u003eFamily Guy and Philosophy 1\u003cbr\u003eJ. Jeremy Wisnewski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Those Good Ole’ Fashion Values on Which We Used to Rely 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Killing the Griffins: A Murderous Exposition of Postmodernism 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. Jeremy Wisnewski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Family Guy and God: Should Believers Take Offense? 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRaymond J. VanArragon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Quagmire: Virtue and Perversity 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShaun Miller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Francis Griffin and the Church of the Holy Fonz: Religious Exclusivism and “Real” Religion 36\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Kyle Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Lucky There’s a Family Guy! (And What a Family!) 49\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Let Us Now Praise Clueless Men: Peter Griffin and Philosophy 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerry Samet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Lois: Portrait of a Mother (Or, Nevermind Death, Motherhood is a Bitch) 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephanie Empey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Mmmyez: Stewie and the Seven Deadly Sins 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSharon M. Kaye\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Other Children: The Importance of Meg and Chris 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eP. Sue Dohnimm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 He Thinks He’s People: How Brian Made Personhood for the Dogs 99\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel Malloy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III He-He-He-He-He. You Expected More Lyrics, But You’re Getting Logic, Comedy, and The Logic of Comedy 113\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Logic of Expectation: Family Guy and the Non Sequitur 115\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonah P. B. Goldwater\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 What Are You Laughing At (And Why)? Exploring the Humor of Family Guy 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Terjesen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Thinkin’ is Freakin’ Sweet: Family Guy and Fallacies 139\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Arp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Simpsons Already Did It! This Show is a Freakin’ Rip-Off! 149\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eShai Biderman and William J. Devlin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart #F1 Family Problems 161\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Is Brian More of a “Person” than Peter? Of Wills, Wantons, and Wives 163\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark D. White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Ego is a Housewife Named Lois 175\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Sharp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Lives and Times of Stewie Griffin 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTuomas Manninen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Kierkegaard and the Norm (MacDonald) of Death 198\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdam Buben\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Everything You Ever Needed to Know about Meg Griffin, as Compiled by the Contributors 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors: What the Deuce!?! They’re Real! (Most of Them, Anyway) 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex: He-He-He-He-He-He .You Read Books 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 That’s right, freakin’ #F. What are you, some kind of mathematician?\u003c\/p\u003e  “Maddening in its irreverent audacity, this book reminds me of an old girlfriend: iconoclastic and argumentative, occasionally insane but always entertaining, with a soul of which Stewie could be proud. I couldn’t pull myself away!”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDave Baggett, editor of Harry Potter and Philosophy and Hitchcock and Philosophy\u003c!--end--\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This book doesn’t make any sense to me whatsoever, which obviously means it’s brilliant.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoey Green, author of The Bathroom Professor: Philosophy on the Go\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Author cooks up a big bowl of philosophy stew while exposing the Family Guy for what it is; a beacon of post-modernism.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTLChicken.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“It is a rare opportunity to philosophically deconstruct life's absurdities … . We can laugh in the face of life's troublesome ideas and attempt to understand them.” \u003ci\u003eAssociated Content\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eJ. Jeremy Wisnewski\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor at Hartwick College. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWittgenstein and Ethical Inquiry: A Defense of Ethics as Clarification\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Agency: Toward a Pragmatic Approach to Philosophical Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e (2008). He is also the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Office and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2008). \u003cp\u003eThat'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 \u003ci\u003eFamily Guy and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e we tackle the perennial positions of the show and contemplate a little philosophy to boot!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs \u003ci\u003eFamily Guy\u003c\/i\u003e 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? 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