Dexter And Philosophy

Author : Richard Greene,George A. Reisch,Rachel Robison
Publisher : Open Court
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780812697261

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Dexter and Philosophy by Richard Greene,George A. Reisch,Rachel Robison Pdf

What explains the huge popular following for Dexter, currently the most-watched show on cable, which sympathetically depicts a serial killer driven by a cruel compulsion to brutally slay one victim after another? Although Dexter Morgan kills only killers, he is not a vigilante animated by a sense of justice but a charming psychopath animated by a lust to kill, ritualistically and bloodily. However his gory appetite is controlled by “Harry’s Code,” which limits his victims to those who have gotten away with murder, and his job as a blood spatter expert for the Miami police department gives him the inside track on just who those legitimate targets may be. In Dexter and Philosophy, an elite team of philosophers don their rubber gloves and put Dexter’s deeds under the microscope. Since Dexter is driven to ritual murder by his “Dark Passenger,” can he be blamed for killing, especially as he only murders other murderers? Does Dexter fit the profile of the familiar fictional type of the superhero? What part does luck play in making Dexter who he is? How and why are horror and disgust turned into aesthetic pleasure for the TV viewer? How essential is Dexter’s emotional coldness to his lust for slicing people up? Are Dexter’s lies and deceptions any worse than the lies and deceptions of the non-criminals around him? Why does Dexter long to be a normal human being and why can’t he accomplish this apparently simple goal?

Author : Richard Greene,George A. Reisch,Rachel Robison-Greene
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Dexter (Television program)
ISBN : OCLC:1341889363

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Dexter and Philosophy by Richard Greene,George A. Reisch,Rachel Robison-Greene Pdf

Author : Brett A.B. Robinson,Christine Daigle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000591477

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Serial Killers in Contemporary Television by Brett A.B. Robinson,Christine Daigle Pdf

This volume examines the significant increase in representations of serial killers as central characters in popular television over the last two decades. Via critical analyses of the philosophical and existential themes presented to viewers and their place in the cultural landscape of contemporary America, the authors ask: What is it about serial killers that incited such a boom in these types of narratives in popular television post-9/11? Looking past the serial format of television programming as uniquely suited for the presentation of the serial killer’s actions, the chapters delve into deeper reasons as to why TV has proven to be such a fertile ground for serial killer narratives in contemporary popular culture. An international team of authors question: What is it about serial killers that makes these characters deeply enlightening representations of the human condition that, although horrifically deviant, reflect complex elements of the human psyche? Why are serial killers intellectually fascinating to audiences? How do these characters so deeply affect us? Shedding new light on a contemporary phenomenon, this book will be a fascinating read for all those at the intersection of television studies, film studies, psychology, popular culture, media studies, philosophy, genre studies, and horror studies.

Author : S. Waller
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1444341405

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Serial Killers - Philosophy for Everyone by S. Waller Pdf

Serial Killers - Philosophy for Everyone investigates our profound intrigue with mass-murderers. Exploring existential, ethical and political questions through an examination of real and fictional serial killers, philosophy comes alive via an exploration of grisly death. Presents new philosophical theories about serial killing, and relates new research in cognitive science to the minds of serial killers Includes a philosophical look at real serial killers such as Ian Brady, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer and the Zodiac killer, as well as fictional serial killers such as Dexter and Hannibal Lecter Offers a new phenomenological examination of the writings of the Zodiac Killer Contains an account of the disappearance of one of Ted Bundy's victims submitted by the organization Families and Friends of Missing Persons and Violent Crime Victims Integrates the insights of philosophers, academics, crime writers and police officers

Author : Timothy Dexter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Newburyport (Mass.)
ISBN : NYPL:33433074798418

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A Pickle for the Knowing Ones by Timothy Dexter Pdf

Author : Douglas Groothuis
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830899272

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Philosophy in Seven Sentences by Douglas Groothuis Pdf

Philosophy is not a closed club or a secret society. It's for anyone who thinks big questions are worth talking about. To get us started, Douglas Groothuis unpacks seven pivotal sentences from the history of western philosophy—a few famous, all short, none trivial. Included are: Socrates—The unexamined life is not worth living. Augustine—You have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you. Descartes—I think, therefore I am. Pascal—The heart has reasons, that reason knows nothing of. Protagoras, Aristotle and Kierkegaard round out this quick tour. Since every philosopher has a story, not just a series of ideas, Groothuis also offers a bit of each one's life to set the stage. The seven sterling sentences themselves, while they can't tell us all there is to know, offer bridges into other lands of thought which can spark new ideas and adventures. And who knows where they might lead? The accessible primers in the Introductions in Seven Sentences collection act as brief introductions to an academic field, with simple organization: seven key sentences that give readers a birds-eye view of an entire discipline.

Author : Craig Fox,Britt Harrison
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783031136542

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Philosophy of Film Without Theory by Craig Fox,Britt Harrison Pdf

This book challenges the long-standing presumption that serious philosophical engagement with film and television must be theoretical. It demonstrates, by example, how philosophy of film and film studies can move beyond the methodological assumption that understands philosophical to mean theoretical. In seventeen specially commissioned essays, one in-depth interview, and one reprint, leading philosophers and film scholars exploit the approaches, arguments, and insights of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Stanley Cavell, Iris Murdoch, Augustine, Berys Gaut, Noël Carroll, and Ordinary Language Philosophy, in exploring, amongst others, Gravity, Lone Star, The Handmaid’s Tale, Le notti di Cabiria, Dunkirk, L'Année dernière à Marienbad, Visitors, The Night it Rained, Philadelphia Story, Shoah, Mary Magdalene, Psycho, Blue Jasmine, Three Colours: Red, War Games, and Histoire(s) du Cinéma. In so doing, this collection argues for the power of theory-free philosophy and film studies as a way to expand our humanistic understanding.

Author : Marcel Danesi
Publisher : Criminal Humanities & Forensic Semiotics
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Serial murderers
ISBN : 1433131560

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The "Dexter Syndrome" by Marcel Danesi Pdf

Using the Dexter saga of novels and television programs as its basis, the book argues that a «Dexter Syndrome» has emerged whereby we no longer see a difference between real and fictional serial killers.

Author : Manfred Holler
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783892651130

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Homo Oeconomicus 30 (4) by Manfred Holler Pdf

Author : Charles V. Dintrone
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 984 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476612577

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Television Program Master Index by Charles V. Dintrone Pdf

This work indexes books, dissertations and journal articles that mention television shows. Memoirs, autobiographies, biographies, and some popular works meant for fans are also indexed. The major focus is on service to researchers in the history of television. Listings are keyed to an annotated bibliography. Appendices include a list of websites; an index of groups or classes of people on television; and a list of programs by genre. Changes from the second edition include more than 300 new shows, airing on a wider variety of networks; 2000-plus references (more than double the second edition); and a large increase in scholarly articles. The book provides access to materials on almost 2300 shows, including groundbreaking ones like All in the Family (almost 200 entries); cult favorites like Buffy: The Vampire Slayer (200-plus entries); and a classic franchise, Star Trek (more than 400 entries for all the shows). The shows covered range from the late 1940s to 2010 (The Walking Dead). References range from 1956 to 2013.

Author : Richard Greene
Publisher : Open Court
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780812698879

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Girls and Philosophy by Richard Greene Pdf

The drama-comedy show Girls—often under-rated by being perceived as Sex and the City for the Millennial generation—has made TV history and provoked controversy for its pitilessly accurate portrayal of four oddly sympathetic twenty-something female characters, notable for their self-absorption, empathy deficits, and ineptitude with relationships. Among other breakthroughs, it is the first show to depict the sex act among the alienated young as nearly always awkward and unfulfilling. In Girls and Philosophy, a team of diverse yet always sensitive, empathic, and ept philosophers approach the world of Girls from a variety of angles and philosophical points of view. Underlying this New York world is the new reality of ambitious yet unfocused young people from comparatively advantaged backgrounds having their expectations chilled by the severe and prolonged economic recession. The writers attack many fascinating issues arising from Girls, including the meaning of authenticity in the twenty-first century, coming of age in a society with no clear guidelines for most of what matters in life,Girls as the only TV show the pop-culture-hating professor Theodor Adorno might have admired, feminist appraisals of these not-very-feminist characters and their frustrations, what the wardrobes of the four mean philosophically, how each of the four deals with the anxiety that comes from inescapable freedom, whether we need to amend the traditional list of seven deadly sins in the context of present-day New York, how the speech of the Millennials illustrates Austin’s theory of speech acts, how the learning of Hannah, Shoshanna, Jessa, and Marnie compares with the ancient Greek theory of the education of the young, and of course, why we once again find it natural to think of women in their early- to mid-twenties as ‘girls’.

Author : Richard Greene,Rachel Robison-Greene
Publisher : Open Court
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780812698329

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Boardwalk Empire and Philosophy by Richard Greene,Rachel Robison-Greene Pdf

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.

Author : Samuel Lorenzo Knapp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Newburyport (Mass.)
ISBN : OSU:32435011745221

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Life of Lord Timothy Dexter by Samuel Lorenzo Knapp Pdf

Author : Dexter Palmer
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780525432739

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Mary Toft; or, The Rabbit Queen by Dexter Palmer Pdf

In 1726, in the town of Godalming, England, a woman confounded the nation’s medical community by giving birth to seventeen rabbits. This astonishing true story is the basis for Dexter Palmer’s stunning, powerfully evocative new novel. Surgeon’s apprentice Zachary Walsh knows that his master, John Howard, prides himself on his rationality. But John cannot explain how or why Mary Toft, the wife of a local journeyman, has managed to give birth to a dead rabbit. When this singular event be­comes a regular occurrence, John and Zach­ary realize that nothing in their experience as rural physicians has prepared them to deal with a situation like this—strange, troubling, and possibly miraculous. John contacts sev­eral of London’s finest surgeons, three of whom soon arrive in Godalming to observe, argue, and perhaps use the case to cultivate their own fame. When King George I learns of Mary’s plight, she and her doctors are summoned to London, where Zachary experiences a world far removed from his small-town ex­istence and is exposed to some of the dark­est corners of the human soul. All the while Mary lies in bed, as doubts begin to blossom among her caretakers and a growing group of onlookers waits with impatience for an­other birth, another miracle.

Author : Dexter Palmer
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307950352

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Version Control by Dexter Palmer Pdf

Although Rebecca Wright has pieced her life back together after a major tragedy, she can’t shake a sense that the world around her feels off-kilter. Meanwhile, her husband’s dedication to his invention, “the causality violation device” (which he would greatly prefer you not call a time machine) has effectively stalled his career—but he may be closer to success than either of them can possibly imagine. Emotionally powerful and wickedly intelligent, Version Control is a stunningly prescient novel about the effects of science and technology on our lives, our friendships, and our sense of self that will alter the way you see the future—and the present.