Tattoos : philosophy for everyone : I ink, therefore I am / edited by Robert Arp.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arp, Robert.

Series:

Philosophy for everyone ; 50.

Philosophy for everyone ; 50

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tattooing.

Philosophy--Popular works.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Covering philosophical issues ranging from tattooed religious symbols to a feminist aesthetics of tattoo, Tattoos and Philosophy offers an enthusiastic analysis of inking that will lead readers to consider the nature of the tattooing arts in a new and profound way. Contains chapters written by philosophers (most all with tattoos themselves), tattoo artists, and tattoo enthusiasts that touch upon many areas in Western and Eastern philosophyEnlightens people to the nature of tattoos and the tattooing arts, leading readers to think deeply about tattoos in new ways

Contents:

TATTOOS - PHILOSOPHY FOR EVERYONE: I Ink, Therefore I Am; CONTENTS; I Ink, Therefore I Foreword; I Am, Therefore I Ink: An Introduction to Tattoos - Philosophy for Everyone: I Ink, Therefore I Am; Acknowledgments; SHEET I THE HISTORY AND NATURE OF TATTOOS; 1 Tattoos and the Tattooing Arts in Perspective: An Overview and Some Preliminary Observations; 2 How to Read a Tattoo, and Other Perilous Quests; SHEET II TATTOOS AND ART; 3 Are Tattoos Art?; 4 Fleshy Canvas: The Aesthetics of Tattoos from Feminist and Hermeneutical Perspectives; SHEET III THE TATTOOED WOMAN; 5 Female Tattoos and Graffiti

6 Painted Fetters: Tattooing as Feminist LiberationSHEET IV PERSONAL IDENTITY; 7 Tattoo You: Personal Identity in Ink; 8 Illusions of Permanence: Tattoos and the Temporary Self; 9 My Tattoo May Be Permanent, But My Memory of It Isn't; SHEET V EXPRESSIONS OF FREEDOM; 10 Tattoos are Forever: Bodily Freedom and the (Im)possibility of Change; 11 Bearing the Marks: How Tattoos Reveal Our Embodied Freedom; SHEET VI EXPERIENCES AND STORIES SURROUNDING TATTOOS; 12 Never Merely 'There': Tattooing as a Practice of Writing and a Telling of Stories

13 Something Terribly Flawed: Philosophy and 'The Illustrated Man'SHEET VII ETHICAL CONCERNS; 14 The Vice of the Tough Tattoo; 15 To Ink, or Not To Ink: Tattoos and Bioethics; 16 Writing on the Body: The Modern Morality of the Tattoo; SHEET VIII EASTERN AND RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES; 17 Is a Tattoo a Sign of Impiety?; 18 Confessions of a Tattooed Buddhist Philosopher; 19 An Atheist and a Theist Discuss a Cross Tattoo and God's Existence; Notes on Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613617316

9781280587481

1280587482

9781118252741

1118252748

9781118252789

1118252780

9781118252772

1118252772

OCLC:

779467902