This book steps into the void left by Arrested Development's premature demise by exploring the fascinating philosophical issues at the heart of the quirky Bluths and their comic exploits. Whether it's reflecting on Gob's self-deception or digging into Tobias's double entendres, you'll watch your favorite scenes and episodes of the show in a whole new way. ● Takes an entertaining look at the philosophical ideas and tensions in the show's plots and themes ● Gives you new insights about the Bluth family and other characters: Is George Michael's crush on his cousin unnatural? Is it immoral for…mehr
This book steps into the void left by Arrested Development's premature demise by exploring the fascinating philosophical issues at the heart of the quirky Bluths and their comic exploits. Whether it's reflecting on Gob's self-deception or digging into Tobias's double entendres, you'll watch your favorite scenes and episodes of the show in a whole new way. ● Takes an entertaining look at the philosophical ideas and tensions in the show's plots and themes ● Gives you new insights about the Bluth family and other characters: Is George Michael's crush on his cousin unnatural? Is it immoral for Lindsay to lie about stealing clothes to hide the fact that she has a job? Are the pictures really of bunkers or balls? ● Lets you sound super-smart as you rattle off the names of great philosophers like Sartre and Aristotle to explain key characters and episodes of the show Packed with thought-provoking insights, Arrested Development and Philosophy is a must-listen for anyone who wants to know more about their late, lamented TV show. And it'll keep you entertained until the long-awaited Arrested Development movie finally comes out. (Whenever that is.)
Kristopher G. Phillips is a PhD candidate in the department of philosophy at the University of Iowa.
Inhaltsangabe
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: And Now a Few Words from the New CEOs ofthe Bluth Company ix
INTRODUCTION 1 Kristopher Phillips
PART ONE FAMILY FIRST
1 Is the Examined Life a Huge Mistake?: Happiness,Self-Knowledge, and the Bluths 7 Jason Southworth and Ruth Tallman
2 Kissing Cousins: Incest, Naturalism, and the Yuck Factor23 Deborah R. Barnbaum
3 Freudian Arrested Development 33 Tim Jung
4 Don't Know Thyself: Gob and the Wisdom of Bad Faith 46 Daniel P. Malloy
PART TWO A BUSINESS MODEL
5 Dr. Fünke's 100 Percent Natural Good-Time AlienationSolution 61 Jeff Ewing
6 Family First: How Not to Run a Business 73 Brett Gaul
7 Bourgeois Bluths: Arrested Development and Class Status85 Rachel McKinney
PART THREE SOME HUGE MISTAKES
8 What Whitey Isn't Ready to Hear: Social Identity inArrested Development 99 J. Jeremy Wisnewski
9 "I Just Blue Myself": The Use and Abuse of Language inArrested Development 111 M. E. Verrochi
10 To Bias Tobias: Gender Identity, Sexuality, and ArrestedDevelopment 123 Darci Doll
11 I'm Oscar.com: The Problem(s) of Personal Identity inArrested Development 136 Kristopher Phillips
PART FOUR THE ONE WHERE THEY DO EPISTEMOLOGY
12 You Can't Do Magic: Gob Bluth and the Illusionists' Craft151 Michael Cholbi
13 Is Justified True Bluth Belief Knowledge? 162 Brett Coppenger and Kristopher Phillips
14 Bunkers and Balls: Arrested Development,Underdetermination, and the Theory-ladenness of Observation172 Michael Da Silva
PART FIVE SOLID AS IRAQ: POLITICS AND ETHICS ARRESTED
15 No Touching! George Sr.'s Brush with Treason 185 Douglas Paletta and Paul Franco
16 "I've Made a Huge Mistake": George Oscar Bluth Jr. and theRole of Error in Character Development 197 Christopher C. Kirby, Jonathan Hillard, and MathewHolmes
17 The Comedy of Contradiction 210 Erin Fay and Willie Young
PARTS IX: AND ON THE EPILOGUE . . .
18 And Now the Story of a Wealthy Family Who Lost Everything:Arrested Development, Narrative, and How We Find Meaning227 Tyler Shores
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: And Now a Few Words from the New CEOs ofthe Bluth Company ix
INTRODUCTION 1 Kristopher Phillips
PART ONE FAMILY FIRST
1 Is the Examined Life a Huge Mistake?: Happiness,Self-Knowledge, and the Bluths 7 Jason Southworth and Ruth Tallman
2 Kissing Cousins: Incest, Naturalism, and the Yuck Factor23 Deborah R. Barnbaum
3 Freudian Arrested Development 33 Tim Jung
4 Don't Know Thyself: Gob and the Wisdom of Bad Faith 46 Daniel P. Malloy
PART TWO A BUSINESS MODEL
5 Dr. Fünke's 100 Percent Natural Good-Time AlienationSolution 61 Jeff Ewing
6 Family First: How Not to Run a Business 73 Brett Gaul
7 Bourgeois Bluths: Arrested Development and Class Status85 Rachel McKinney
PART THREE SOME HUGE MISTAKES
8 What Whitey Isn't Ready to Hear: Social Identity inArrested Development 99 J. Jeremy Wisnewski
9 "I Just Blue Myself": The Use and Abuse of Language inArrested Development 111 M. E. Verrochi
10 To Bias Tobias: Gender Identity, Sexuality, and ArrestedDevelopment 123 Darci Doll
11 I'm Oscar.com: The Problem(s) of Personal Identity inArrested Development 136 Kristopher Phillips
PART FOUR THE ONE WHERE THEY DO EPISTEMOLOGY
12 You Can't Do Magic: Gob Bluth and the Illusionists' Craft151 Michael Cholbi
13 Is Justified True Bluth Belief Knowledge? 162 Brett Coppenger and Kristopher Phillips
14 Bunkers and Balls: Arrested Development,Underdetermination, and the Theory-ladenness of Observation172 Michael Da Silva
PART FIVE SOLID AS IRAQ: POLITICS AND ETHICS ARRESTED
15 No Touching! George Sr.'s Brush with Treason 185 Douglas Paletta and Paul Franco
16 "I've Made a Huge Mistake": George Oscar Bluth Jr. and theRole of Error in Character Development 197 Christopher C. Kirby, Jonathan Hillard, and MathewHolmes
17 The Comedy of Contradiction 210 Erin Fay and Willie Young
PARTS IX: AND ON THE EPILOGUE . . .
18 And Now the Story of a Wealthy Family Who Lost Everything:Arrested Development, Narrative, and How We Find Meaning227 Tyler Shores
CONTRIBUTORS: Banana Stand Employee Roster 241
INDEX: Banana Stand Inventory 247
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