{"product_id":"metallica-and-philosophy-a-crash-course-in-brain-surgery-9781405163484","title":"Metallica and Philosophy: A Crash Course in Brain Surgery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHit the lights and jump in the fire, you're about to enter the School of Rock!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToday's lecture will be a crash course in brain surgery. This hard and fast lesson is taught by instructors who graduated from the old school--they actually paid $5.98 for \u003ci\u003eThe $5.98 EP\u003c\/i\u003e. But back before these philosophy professors cut their hair, they were lieutenants in the Metal Militia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA provocative study of the 'thinking man's' metal band\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMaps out the connections between Aristotle, Nietzsche, Marx, Kierkegaard, and Metallica, to demonstrate the band's philosophical significance\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses themes in Metallica's work to illuminate topics such as freedom, truth, identity, existentialism, questions of life and death, metaphysics, epistemology, the mind-body problem, morality, justice, and what we owe one another\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on Metallica's lyrical content, Lars Ulrich's relationship with Napster, as well as the documentary \u003ci\u003eSome Kind of Monster\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eServes as a guide for thinking through the work of one of the greatest rock bands of all time\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCompiled by the editor of \u003ci\u003eSeinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Irwin\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at King's College, Pennsylvania. He has edited \u003ci\u003eSeinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer\u003c\/i\u003e (with Mark T. Conard and Aeon J. Skoble); and \u003ci\u003eCritical Thinking: A Student's Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (with Gregory Bassham, H. Nardone, and J. Wallace). He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eIntentionalist Interpretation: A Philosophical Explanation and Defense\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Death and Resurrection of the Author\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334511792402,"sku":"9781405163484","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_01b90b0e-bfcf-4812-84f2-c0d10f38dc17.jpg?v=1727890199","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/metallica-and-philosophy-a-crash-course-in-brain-surgery-9781405163484","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}