(Ebook) Mad Men and Philosophy: Nothing Is as It Seems (The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series) by James B. South, Rod Carveth, William Irwin ISBN 9780470603017, 9780470649237, 9780470649251, 0470603011, 0470649232, 0470649259

(Ebook) Mad Men and Philosophy: Nothing Is as It Seems (The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series) by James B. South, Rod Carveth, William Irwin ISBN 9780470603017, 9780470649237, 9780470649251, 0470603011, 0470649232, 0470649259

This collection of essays takes an unprecedented look at the philosophical issues and themes behind AMC's Emmy Award-winning show, Mad Men,exploring issues ranging from identity to authenticity to feminism, and more. Content: 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. Abstract: This collection of essays takes an unprecedented look at the philosophical issues and themes behind AMC's Emmy Award-winning show, Mad Men,exploring issues ranging from identity to authenticity to feminism, and more