Boardwalk Empire and Philosophy: Bootleg This Book - Popular Culture and Philosophy - Richard Greene - Books - Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. - 9780812698329 - October 24, 2013
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Boardwalk Empire and Philosophy: Bootleg This Book - Popular Culture and Philosophy

Richard Greene

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Boardwalk Empire and Philosophy: Bootleg This Book - Popular Culture and Philosophy

From Machiavellian city officials to big-time mobsters, corrupt beat cops, and overzealous G-men, "Boardwalk Empire" is replete with philosophically compelling characters who find themselves in philosophically interesting situations. This book is directed at thoughtful fans of the show. Here, readers discover parallels between the events in "Boardwalk Empire" and contemporary political events. Twenty philosophers address issues in political philosophy, ethics, aesthetics, feminism, and metaphysics. Is Nucky Thomson a Machiavellian prince or a Nietzschean superman? Is Jimmy's resentment towards Nucky justified, given that Jimmy would never have come into existence had his parents not met? What can be said about the ethics of lying in the seedy world of bootlegging? Agent Van Alden's unique religious attitudes bring a warped sense of morality to the "Boardwalk" universe. One chapter brings to light the moral character of Van Alden's God. Other chapters explores the roles that storytelling, deception, and gender play in the show.


288 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released October 24, 2013
ISBN13 9780812698329
Publishers Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
Pages 288
Dimensions 229 × 146 × 15 mm   ·   388 g
Editor Greene, Richard
Editor Robison-Greene, Rachel

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