Boardwalk Empire and Philosophy : Bootleg This Book Paperback / softback
Edited by Richard Greene, Rachel Robison-Greene
Part of the Popular Culture and Philosophy series
Paperback / softback
Description
From Machiavellian city officials to big-time mobsters, corrupt beat cops, and overzealous G-men, Boardwalk Empire is replete with philosophically compelling characters who find themselves in philosophically interesting situations.
This book is directed at thoughtful fans of the show.
Here, readers discover parallels between the events in Boardwalk Empire and contemporary political events.
Twenty philosophers address issues in political philosophy, ethics, aesthetics, feminism, and metaphysics.
Is Nucky Thomson a Machiavellian prince or a Nietzschean superman?
Is Jimmy's resentment towards Nucky justified, given that Jimmy would never have come into existence had his parents not met?
What can be said about the ethics of lying in the seedy world of bootlegging?
Agent Van Alden's unique religious attitudes bring a warped sense of morality to the Boardwalk universe.
One chapter brings to light the moral character of Van Alden's God.
Other chapters explores the roles that storytelling, deception, and gender play in the show.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
- Publication Date:24/10/2013
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- ISBN:9780812698329
Information
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
- Publication Date:24/10/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9780812698329
