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Louis C.K. and Philosophy
Mark . Ed(S): Ralkowski
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paperback. Editor(s): Ralkowski, Mark. Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 457.
Charlie Rose has called Louis C.K. "the philosopher-king of comedy," and many have detected philosophical profundity in his material. Twenty-five philosophers examine the wisdom of Louis C.K. from a variety of philosophical perspectives. The chapters draw upon C.K.'s standup comedy, the show Louie, and C.K.'s other writings. One writer looks at the different meanings of C.K.'s statement, "You're gonna be dead way longer than you were alive." One chapter shows the affinity of C.K.'s "sick of living this bullshit life" with Kierkegaard's "sickness unto death." Another pursues Louis's thought that we may by our lack of moral concern ... Read more
Charlie Rose has called Louis C.K. "the philosopher-king of comedy," and many have detected philosophical profundity in his material. Twenty-five philosophers examine the wisdom of Louis C.K. from a variety of philosophical perspectives. The chapters draw upon C.K.'s standup comedy, the show Louie, and C.K.'s other writings. One writer looks at the different meanings of C.K.'s statement, "You're gonna be dead way longer than you were alive." One chapter shows the affinity of C.K.'s "sick of living this bullshit life" with Kierkegaard's "sickness unto death." Another pursues Louis's thought that we may by our lack of moral concern ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
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
9780812699067
SKU
V9780812699067
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About Mark . Ed(S): Ralkowski
Mark Ralkowski is assistant professor of philosophy and honors at The George Washington University. He is author of Plato's Trial of Athens (2016) Heidegger's Platonism (2009) and editor of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Philosophy (2012) and Time and Death: Heidegger's Analysis of Finitude (2005). He lives in Takoma Park, MD.
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