Monty Python and Philosophy: Nudge Nudge, Think Think!Gary L. Hardcastle, George A. Reisch From the 1970s cult TV show, Monty Python's Flying Circus, to the current hit musical Spamalot, the Monty Python comedy troupe has been at the center of popular culture and entertainment. The Pythons John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam are increasingly recognized and honored for their creativity and enduring influence in the worlds of comedy and film. Monty Python and Philosophy extends that recognition into the world of philosophy. Fifteen experts in topics like mythology, Buddhism, feminism, logic, ethics, and the philosophy of science bring their expertise to bear on Python movies such as Monty Python's Life of Brian and Flying Circus mainstays such as the Argument Clinic, the Dead Parrot Sketch, and, of course, the Bruces, the Pythons' demented, song-filled vision of an Australian philosophy department. Monty Python and Philosophy follows the same hit format as the other titles in this popular series and explains all the philosophical concepts discussed in laymen's terms. |
Contents
Title Page | |
God Forgive | |
Heresy Humanism and Heroism in Monty | |
What Mr Creosote Knows About Laughter | |
The Limits of Horatios Philosophy | |
Why Is an Argument Clinic Less Silly than an Abuse Clinic or | |
Getting Right with Brian | |
Madness in Monty Pythons Flying Circus | |
Monty Python and the Search for the Meaning of Life | |
Kafka Camus Nietzsche and Sartre | |
My Brain Hurts | |
Why Is a Philosopher Like a Python? How Philosophical Examples | |
Tractatus ComedoPhilosophicus | |
How Monty Python Destroyed Modern | |
My Years with Monty Python or Whats So Funny About Language | |
Philosophy Gender and Society | |
Monty Pythons The Meaning of Life | |
Is There Life After Monty Pythons The Meaning of Life? | |
Monty Python and David Hume on Religion | |
Nudity | |
About the authors nearly all of whom have | |
What Was All That Then? | |
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