August 27, 2010
Interview with James B. South
James B. South, co-editor of Mad Men and Philosophy, was interviewed for this piece on Mad Men — in Danish! Any Danish speakers out there?
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August 19, 2010
James B. South at Boswell Book Company
James B. South, editor of Mad Men and Philosophy, will be appearing at Boswell Book Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, September 28th at 7 PM.
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August 9, 2010
Time’s take on Mad Men and Philosophy and the Philosophy series
Don Draper, meet Friedrich Nietzsche. You might not think that the fictional ad exec from the critically acclaimed AMC drama Mad Men and the German philosopher have much in common, but consider this: Nietzsche believed happiness requires that a person forget the past in order to act boldly in the present — a methodology that Draper, who has denied his past by stealing a dead man’s identity, seems to embrace.
That allusion, and more, come from Mad Men and Philosophy: Nothing Is as It Seems — a book of essays that examines the show through a philosophical lens. In it, philosophy professors reference classic works of philosophy by the likes of John Locke, Immanuel Kant, and Simone de Beauvoir to explore topics like Draper’s identity crisis, the ethical lapses of the advertising business and the burgeoning feminism of the 1960s. For readers of a bloodier bent, there’s also a companion to HBO’s Southern Gothic vampire series, called — Freudian primal instincts, anyone? — True Blood and Philosophy: We Wanna Think Bad Things with You, which examines, for example, whether John Locke’s theories on an individual’s right to life, liberty and property should be expanded to include the undead.
Read the full article at Time.com
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August 6, 2010
Mad Men and Philosophy on vvb32 reads
In-a-word(s): remembering and forgetting
As a fan, I enjoyed reading this somewhat in-depth look into this tv series, Mad Men. I liked learning about the possible meanings and reasons for the portrayal of the different characters and settings.
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July 30, 2010
Mad Men and Philosophy giveaway on vvb32 reads
You can win a copy of Mad Men and Philosophy on vvb32 reads! Here are the instructions:
1. Take the quiz: Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce – Job Interview
Find out if you have what it takes to get hired…
2. Visit Wiley’s site and tell me what other philosophy book interests you.
3. Let me know in comments yours answers with your email.
The contest ends on August 1.
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Mad Men and Philosophy in Slate
[G]raduate school has come to Mad Men in the form of Mad Men and Philosophy: Nothing Is As It Seems. The table of contents are often the best parts of these pop-culture philosophy books—” ‘And Nobody Understands That, but You Do’: The Aristotelian Ideal of Friendship among Mad Men (and Women)”—though, to be fair, there are usually two or three amazing essays as well.
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July 22, 2010
Mad Men and Philosophy news
Mad Men and Philosophy is getting a lot of attention as the premiere of season 4 approaches. Below, a mention of the book in the New York Times, editor James B. South opines on the meaning of Mad Men for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, and an excerpt on the Wall Street Journal!
It’s a series set in the days of ice-cold martinis and cold war anxiety that has seduced contemporary fashion, advertising and even the English language. There are “Mad Men” Barbie and Ken dolls, a “Mad Men” clothing line at Banana Republic and pop culture books like “Mad Men and Philosophy: Nothing Is as It Seems.”
[Read the full article at The New York Times.]
What is “Mad Men” about?
“That’s a broad question,” said James B. South, associate professor and chair of Marquette University’s philosophy department. “I think, at the end of the day, it’s a show about a disparate group of people who are trying to come up with identities for themselves in a rapidly changing set of social situations.”
And you thought it was about advertising.
[Read the full article at JSOnline.com.]
Let the words of Roger Sterling consign him to Kierkegaard’s aesthetic lifestyle. First, Sterling distances himself from personal commitment to the extent possible. On the topic of intimacy, love, and friendship: “I have a very good friend . . . cannot remember the guy’s name.” On lasting commitment: “I’ll tell you the same thing I told my daughter. If you put a penny in a jar every time you make love in the first year of marriage and then you take a penny out of the jar every time you make love in the second year, you know what you have? A jar full of pennies.”
[Read the full excerpt at The Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy blog.]
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