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Title

The Sopranos and philosophy : I kill therefore I am / edited by Richard Greene and Peter Vernezze.

Publication

Chicago : Open Court, c2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Vernezze, Peter, 1959-
• Greene, Richard, 1961 September 2-

Description

xiii, 219 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Rich in the exposure of human motivation, The Sopranos has been hailed as a penetrating artistic achievement and a CAT scan of our culture. And if you don't agree, you can va fan cul. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 7

Uniform Title

Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 7.

Subject

Sopranos (Television program) > Miscellanea

Genre/Form

• Aufsatzsammlung.
• Trivia and miscellanea

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Antipasto -- Prolegomenon -- 1. Bada-being and nothingness: murderous melodrama or morality play? / Al Gini -- Primo piatto -- History of philosophy: Tony and the philosophers -- 2. Tony Soprano and the art of war: New Jersey meets the East / Steven C. Combs -- 3. The unhappiness of Tony Soprano: an ancient analysis / Jennifer Baker -- 4. It's all a big nothing": the Nihilistic vision of The Sopranos / Kevin L. Stoehr -- 5. The Prince and I: some musings on Machiavelli / David Hahn -- Secondo Piatto -- Ethics: soprano family values -- 6. "I dunno about morals, but I do got rules": Tony Soprano as ethical manager / Ronald M. Green -- 7. Tony Soprano's moral sympathy (or lack thereof): The Sopranos and subjectivists ethics / Sheila Lintott -- 8. Staying within the family: Tony Soprano's ethical obligations / Scott D. Wilson -- 9. Is Carmela Soprano a feminist? Carmela's care ethics / Lisa Cassidy -- 10. Dying in our own arms: liberalism, communitarianism, and the construction of identity on The Sopranos / H. Peter Steeves -- Contorno -- Aesthetics: the beauty of crime -- 11. Sympathy for the devil / Noël Carroll -- 12. A moral never-never land: identifying with Tony Soprano / James Harold -- 13. Know thyself, asshole: Tony Soprano as an Aristotelian tragic hero / Mike Lippman -- Dolce -- Language and knowledge: metaphysics and made guys -- 14. This thing of ours: language use in The Sopranos / Michael E. Gettings -- 15. Is Tony Soprano self-blind? / Richard Greene -- Vino -- Philosophy of religion: the God of The Sopranos -- 16. Tony Soprano in hell: Chase's mob in Dante's inferno / Peter Vernezze -- 17. "What kind of God does this ...?" / Peter H. Hare.

ISBN

0812695585 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2004002571

OCLC

• 54446227
• SCSB-10919591

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library