Monty Python and Philosophy: Nudge Nudge, Think Think!From the 1970s cult TV show, Monty Python’s Flying Circus, to the current hit musical Spamalot, the Monty Python comedy troupe has been at the center of popular culture and entertainment. The Pythons John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam are increasingly recognized and honored for their creativity and enduring influence in the worlds of comedy and film. Monty Python and Philosophy extends that recognition into the world of philosophy. Fifteen experts in topics like mythology, Buddhism, feminism, logic, ethics, and the philosophy of science bring their expertise to bear on Python movies such as Monty Python’s Life of Brian and Flying Circus mainstays such as the Argument Clinic, the Dead Parrot Sketch, and, of course, the Bruces, the Pythons’ demented, song-filled vision of an Australian philosophy department. Monty Python and Philosophy follows the same hit format as the other titles in this popular series and explains all the philosophical concepts discussed in laymen’s terms. |
Contents
Why Is an Argument Clinic Less Silly than an Abuse Clinic or | |
Getting Right with Brian | |
Philosophy Gender and Society | |
Monty Pythons The Meaning of Life | |
Monty Python and the Search for the Meaning of Life | |
Kafka Camus Nietzsche | |
My Brain Hurts | |
Why Is a Philosopher Like a Python? How Philosophical | |
Tractatus ComedoPhilosophicus | |
Monty Pythons Utterly Devastating Critique of Ordinary | |
How Monty Python Destroyed Modern | |
My Years with Monty Python or Whats So Funny About | |
Is There Life After Monty Pythons The Meaning of Life? | |
God Forgive | |
Monty Python and David Hume on Religion | |
Madness in Monty Pythons Flying Circus | |
Themes in Contemporary Analytic Philosophy as Reflected in | |
About the authors nearly all of whom | |
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Monty Python and Philosophy: Nudge Nudge, Think Think! Gary L. Hardcastle,George A. Reisch Limited preview - 2006 |
Monty Python and Philosophy: Nudge Nudge, Think Think! Gary L. Hardcastle,George A. Reisch No preview available - 2006 |
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