Family Guy and Philosophy

Name: Family Guy and Philosophy
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ISBN: 9781405163163

ISBN-10: 140516316X

ISBN-13: 9781405163163

Edition: 2007

Authors: J. Jeremy Wisnewski, Jeremy Wisnewski

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This edited work is a sharp, witty and absurd exploration of one of television's most unrelenting families. It tackles the perennial positions of 'Family Guy' at the same time as contemplating poignant philosophical issues.

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/27/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.10" long x 0.54" tall
Weight: 0.682



Acknowledgments: These people are freakin' sweet [Acknowledgements].


You Better Not Read This, Pal


An Introduction to Family Guy and Philosophy:




Those Good Ole' Fashion Values on which we used to rely



Killing the Griffins: A Murderous Exposition of Postmodernism:




Family Guy and God: Should Believers Take Offense?:




Quagmire, Virtue, and Perversity:








Lucky there's a family guy! (And what a family!)



Let Us Now Praise Clueless Men:




Lois: Portrait of a Mother (Or, Nevermind Death, Motherhood is a Bitch):




Mmmyez:




The Other Children: The Significance of Meg and Chris:




He Thinks He's People: How Brian Made Personhood for the Dogs:




He-he-he-he-he. You expected more lyrics, but you're getting logic, comedy, and the logic of comedy



The Logic of Expectation: Family Guy and the Non Sequitur:




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



Thinkin' is Freakin' Sweet: Family Guy and Fallacies:




The Simpsons Already Did It! This Show Is A Freakin' Rip-Off!:




Family Problems



Is Brian More of a "Person" than Peter? Of Wills




The Ego is a Housewife Named Lois:




The Lives and Times of Stewie Griffin:




Kierkegaard and the Norm (MacDonald) of Death:



Appendix: Everything you ever needed to know about Meg Griffin, as compiled by the contributors


Notes on Contributors: What the deuce!?! They're real! (Most of them, anyway) [Contributor Bios]


Index: He-he-he-he-he-he ... You read books [Index]