More Dr. Seuss and Philosophy (eBook, PDF)

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Redaktion: Held, Jacob M.

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Produktbeschreibung

Dr. Seuss and Philosophy delighted thousands of readers by demonstrating the insights of these children's classics through a playful engagement with the philosophical tradition. In More Dr. Seuss and Philosophy readers will be offered a vision of the good life through the world of Dr. Seuss. Whether it's stoicism and care of the self in Did I ever Tell you How Lucky you Are?, facing our own mortality in You're Only Old Once, or the value of compassion, building communities, and resolving conflicts in the parables of Horton the elephant, King Derwin of Didd, or the Butter Battle Book, the essays in this book focus on living well through the wisdom of Dr. Seuss and other philosophers. Contributions by Elizabeth Butterfield, Cam Cobb, Timothy M. Dale, Joseph J. Foy, Kevin Guilfoy, Jacob M. Held, Glenn Jellenik, Sharon Kaye, Dennis Knepp, Rob Main, Bertha Alvarez Manninen, Jennifer L. McMahon, Matthew F. Pierlott, Janelle Pötzsch, Benjamin Rider, and Aeon J. Skoble

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216227694
• Artikelnr.: 74842949

Autorenporträt

Jacob Held has written extensively on philosophy and popular culture, having edited Dr. Seuss and Philosophy and Roald Dahl and Philosophy, coedited James Bond and Philosophy, and contributed to volumes on the Beatles, South Park, and Watchmen, to name a few. He teaches philosophy at the University of Central Arkansas and lives in Conway, Arkansas.

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Preface
Editor's Note
Welcome!
Chapter 1: On Beyond Reason: Dr. Seuss and the Romantic Imagination, by
Glenn Jellenik
Chapter 2: Aristotle and The Cat on Fun that is Funny, by Dennis Knepp
You!
Chapter 3: Aristotle and Eudaimonia: Oh, the Virtues You'll Do!, by Matthew
Pierlott
Chapter 4: Did I Ever Tell You How Stoic You Are?, by Benjamin Rider
Chapter 5: One Must Imagine Dr. Seuss Happy: Existential Freedom and the
Search for Meaning in Happy Birthday to You! and I Had Trouble in Getting
to Solla Sollew, by Elizabeth Butterfield
Chapter 6: Your Ending is Waiting: Seuss and Socrates on Death and Aging,
by Robert Main & Matthew Pierlott
Chapter 7: Dr. Seuss and Aristotle on the Most Important Friendship of All,
by Sharon Kaye
Them!
Chapter 8: It Should be like That! - Egoism, Philanthropy, and a Virtuous
Elephant, by Jacob M. Held
Chapter 9: Feeling As, Feeling For, Seeing What's Right and So Much More:
Empathy, Concern, and Moral Growth in Dr. Seuss, by Jennifer L. McMahon
Chapter 10: Hearing Whos and Minding Others - Care Ethics in Dr. Seuss, by
Janelle Pötzsch
Chapter 11: No Kind of Sneetch is Best: Bigotry, Dehumanization, and
Re-humanization in the Stories of Dr. Seuss, by Bertha Alvarez Manninen
Chapter 12: The Other Sneetches, by Cam Cobb
Us!
Chapter 13: Oh, the Mistakes You'll Make When You're Free: Coercion, Power,
and Liberty in Dr. Seuss, by Kevin Guilfoy
Chapter 14: State Power and Individual Rights in Dr. Seuss, by Aeon J.
Skoble
Chapter 15: The Failures of Kings Derwin and Yertle: Authority, Law, and
Civil Disobedience from Didd to Sala-ma-sond, by Jacob M. Held
Chapter 16: The Sneetches, the Zax, and Too Many Daves: Seuss's Inclusive
Answer to Diversity and Difference, by Timothy M. Dale and Joseph J. Foy
Chapter 17: Yooks and Zooks: The Bread and Butter of War, by Jacob M. Held
Epilogue: A Simple Answer, by Jacob M. Held
Notes
Index
Author Biographies