Título: Metallica and Philosophy
Autor: William Irwin
Sinopse: Hit the lights and jump in the fire, youre about to enterthe School of Rock! Todays lecture will be a crash course inbrain surgery. This hard and fast lesson is taught by instructorswho graduated from the old schoolthey actually paid $5.98for The $5.98 EP. But back before these philosophyprofessors cut their hair, they were lieutenants in the MetalMilitia. A provocative study of the thinking mansmetal band Maps out the connections between Aristotle, Nietzsche, Marx,Kierkegaard, and Metallica, to demonstrate the bandsphilosophical significance Uses themes in Metallicas work to illuminate topics suchas freedom, truth, identity, existentialism, questions of life anddeath, metaphysics, epistemology, the mind-body problem, morality,justice, and what we owe one another Draws on Metallicas lyrical content, Lars Ulrichsrelationship with Napster, as well as the documentary Some Kindof Monster Serves as a guide for thinking through the work of one of thegreatest rock bands of all time Compiled by the editor of Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Bookabout Everything and Nothing and The Simpsons andPhilosophy: The Doh! of Homer
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Metallica and Philosophy”, de William Irwin, publicado pela editora John Wiley & Sons, em 2009 e com 272 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: John Wiley & Sons
Páginas: 272
Ano: 2009
Edição:
Linguagem: English
ISBN: 1405182083
ISBN13: 9781405182089
