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The "Golden Compass" and Philosophy. God Bites the Dust.
. Ed(S): Greene, Richard; Robison, Rachel
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Paperback. An exploration of Philip Pullman's bestselling trilogy, "His Dark Materials". It looks at the many issues raised by the Dark Materials world, and by the controversies it has stirred up. Editor(s): Greene, Richard; Robison, Rachel. Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSY; HPX; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
The popularity of the His Dark Materials trilogy has generated a major motion picture, a stage play, video games, and a new prequel. The series has also been highly controversial with its use of exciting adventure stories for children to comment on organized religion. These books have piqued the interest of the contributors to this fascinating volume, who use it to probe the philosophical issues that inform them. Could a golden compass, or alethiometer, really work? Can a person's soul or daemon have a mind of its own? What are the ramifications of pursuing the diabolical "intercision" process, or of ... Read more
The popularity of the His Dark Materials trilogy has generated a major motion picture, a stage play, video games, and a new prequel. The series has also been highly controversial with its use of exciting adventure stories for children to comment on organized religion. These books have piqued the interest of the contributors to this fascinating volume, who use it to probe the philosophical issues that inform them. Could a golden compass, or alethiometer, really work? Can a person's soul or daemon have a mind of its own? What are the ramifications of pursuing the diabolical "intercision" process, or of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Popular Culture and Philosophy
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Chicago, IL, United States
ISBN
9780812696714
SKU
V9780812696714
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