Mad men and philosophy : nothing is as it seems / edited by Rod Carveth and James B. South.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Irwin, William.

Contributor:

Carveth, Rod.

South, James B., 1960-

Series:

Blackwell philosophy and popculture series.

The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mad men (Television program).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A look at the philosophical underpinnings of the hit TV show, Mad Men With its swirling cigarette smoke, martini lunches, skinny ties, and tight pencil skirts, Mad Men is unquestionably one of the most stylish, sexy, and irresistible shows on television. But the series becomes even more absorbing once you dig deeper into its portrayal of the changing social and political mores of 1960s America and explore the philosophical complexities of its key characters and themes. From Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle to John Kenneth Galbraith, Milton Friedman, and Ayn Rand, Mad Men and Phil

Contents:

People may see things differently, but they don't really want to : Mad men and problems of knowledge and freedom. What fools we were: Mad men, hindsight, and justification / Landon W. Schurtz

People want to be told what to do so badly that they'll listen to anyone : mimetic madness at Sterling Cooper / George A. Dunn

Capitalism and freedom in the affluent society / Kevin Guilfoy

There is no big lie, there is no system, the universe is indifferent : Mad men and the problem of meaning. Pete, Peggy, Don and the dialectic of remembering and forgetting / John Fritz

The existential void of Roger Sterling / Raymond Angelo Belliotti

Egoless egoists: the second-hand lives of Mad men / Robert White

An existential look at Mad men: Don Draper, advertising, and the promise of happiness / Ada Jaarsma

And you know what happiness is? Mad men and ethics. In on it: honesty, respect, and the ethics of advertising / Andreja Novakovic and Tyler Whitney

Creating the need for the new: It's not the wheel, it's the carousel / George Teschner and Gabrielle Teschner

You're looking in the wrong direction: Mad men and the ethics of advertising / Adam Barkman

Is Don Draper a good man? / Andrew Terjesen

Don Draper, on how to make oneself (whole again) / John Elia

No one else is saying the right thing about this: Mad men and social philosophy. And nobody understands that, but you do: the Aristotelian ideal of friendship among the Mad men (and women) / Abigail E. Myers

Mad women: Aristotle, second wave feminism, and the women in Mad men / Ashley Jihee Barkman

We've got bigger problems to worry about than TV, O.K.? Mad men and race / Rod Carveth

New York City is a marvelous machine: Mad men and the power of social convention / James B. South.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786612687334

9780470649251

0470649259

9781282687332

1282687336

9780470649237

0470649232

OCLC:

638860236