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Peanuts and Philosophy: You're a Wise Man, Charlie Brown! (Popular Culture and Philosophy Book 106) Kindle Edition

by Richard Greene (Editor), Rachel Robison-Greene (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition

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In Peanuts and Philosophy, twenty philosophers, from a diverse range of perspectives, look at different aspects of the Peanuts canon.
How can the thoughts of children, who have yet to become grown-up, help us to become more grown up ourselves? Do we get good results from believing in something like the Great Pumpkin, even though we’re disappointed every time? What can Linus’s reactions to the leukemia of his friend Janice tell us about the stages of grief? Why don’t we settle what’s right and what’s wrong by the simple method of asking Lucy? Is true happiness attainable without a warm puppy? Do some people’s kites have a natural affinity for trees? Is Sally an anarchist, a nihilist, or just a contrarian? Does Linus’s reliance on his blanket help him or hurt him? Is Charlie Brown’s philosophy of life pathetic or inspirational?
Other topics include: how the way children think carries general lessons about transcending our limitations; the Utopian quest as illustrated by Charlie’s devotion to the Little Red-Haired Girl; Snoopy’s Red Baron and history as selective memory; the Head Beagle as Big Brother. And, as we would expect, Lucy’s repeated cruel removal of Charlie's football has several philosophical applications.

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About the Author

Richard Greene is a Professor of Philosophy at Weber State University in Utah. He is co-editor of many volumes in the Popular Culture and Philosophy series, including The Princess Bride and Philosophy: Inconceivable! and Dexter and Philosophy: Mind over Spatter.

Rachel Robison-Greene is the co-editor of Girls and Philosophy: This Book Isn't a Metaphor for Anything and Orange Is the New Black and Philosophy: Last Exit from Litchfield. She is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

They both live in Ogden, UT.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01MCUJ88F
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Court (December 19, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 19, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1213 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 288 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #1,579,919 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,550 in Popular Culture
- #8,918 in Popular Culture in Social Sciences
- #15,960 in Philosophy (Kindle Store)

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Richard Greene
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I am a Professor of Philosophy at Weber State University, the past Director of the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, and the Director of the Richard Richards Institute for Ethics. I co-host, along with Rachel Robison-Greene, the pop culture and philosophy podcast I Think, Therefore I Fan. I write on popular culture and philosophy (among other topics).
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Wm. Curtis Holtzen (DTh, University of South Africa) is a professor of philosophy and theology at Hope International University. He is the author of The God Who Trusts and has also authored chapters on pop culture topics such as The Simpsons, The Peanuts, and Bruce Almighty.
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