South Park and philosophy : bigger, longer, and more penetrating / cobbled together by Richard Hanley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hanley, Richard.

Series:

Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 26.

Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

South Park (Television program).

Physical Description:

xiii, 302 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : Open Court, [2007]

Summary:

"A collection of essays exploring philosophical aspects of the television program South Park. Topics addressed include ethics and the obesity crisis, animal rights, political correctness, religious tolerance, and homophobia"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Bullshit Alarms ix

Part I Religion and Other Disabilities 1

1 May God Strike This Book Down! / Richard Hanley 3

2 Team America; World Pussies, or This Is Not a Picture of Mohammed / Richard Hanley 13

3 Infidel Liberation / Richard Hanley 23

4 Pussy Epistemology Is No Match for a Dick / Richard Dalton 33

Part II Politics and Other Sacred Cows 51

5 Die, Hippie, Die! South Park Liberals / Richard Hanley 51

6 The Death Camp of Tolerance / Richard Hanley 65

7 Pious Hindsight: South Park's Hybrid Vigor / Michael E Patton, Jr. 77

8 Drugs Are M'kay! / Richard Hanley 89

9 Nice Going, Fat-Ass! / Richard Hanley 99

Part III Morality and Other Urges 103

10 White Jews Can't Jump / Richard Hanley 105

11 In Defense of Fags / Richard Hanley 121

12 Tomayto, tomahto...or, What to Do When Life Sucks / Richard Hanley 137

13 Animal Protein, or What Killed Ms. Choksondik / Richard Hanley 149

14 Are We All Cartmans? / Richard Hanley 159

Part IV Science, Logic, and Other Really, Really Clever Stuff 169

15 Time-Traveling Up Your Own Ass / Sophia Bishop 171

16 Start the Evolution Without Me / Richard Hanley 189

17 Why Timmy Can't Read: Mr. Hat's Philosophy of Progressive Education / Randall E. Auxier 199

18 Stem Cells, Numb Nuts / Richard Hanley 215

Part V Humor and Other Insertable Devices 227

19 Killing Kenny: Our Daily Dose of Death / Randall E. Auxier 229

20 Chef, Socrates, and the Sage of Love / Randall E. Auxier 241

21 I Learned Something Today: South Park and the State of the Golden Mean in the Twenty-First Century / Aaron Fortune 259

22 Douching Your Truth Canal and Other Forms of Rational Hygiene / Tom Way 271

Who Sucks Ass? 291

Totally Inoffensive Index 295.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780812696134

0812696131

OCLC:

79256768