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Twin Peaks and Philosophy: That's Damn Fine Philosophy! (Popular Culture and Philosophy, 119) Paperback – August 7, 2018

by Richard Greene (Editor), Rachel Robison-Greene (Editor)
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2017 saw the triumphant return of the weird and haunting TV show Twin Peaks, with most of the original cast, after a gap of twenty-five years. Twin Peaks and Philosophy finally answers that puzzling question: What is Twin Peaks really about? Twin Peaks is about evil in various forms, and poses the question: What’s the worst kind of evil? Can the everyday evil of humans in a small mountain town ever be as evil as the evil of alien supernatural beings? Or is the evil of non-humans actually less threatening because it’s so strange and unaccountable? And does the influence of uncanny forces somehow excuse the crimes committed by regular folks? Some Twin Peaks characters try to confine evil by sticking to their own moral code, as in the cast of Albert Rosenfeld, who refuses to disguise his feelings and upsets everyone by his forthright honesty.

Twin Peaks is about responsibility, both legal and moral. Who is really responsible for the death of Laura Palmer and other murder victims? Although Leland has been revealed as Laura’s actual killer, the show suggests that no one in town was without some responsibility. And was Leland even guilty at all, if he was not in control of his own mind or body?

Twin Peaks is about the quest for self-knowledge and the dangers of that quest, as Agent Cooper keeps learning something new about himself, as well as about the troubled townspeople. The Buddhist Cooper has to confront his own shadow side, culminating in the rite of passage at the Black Lodge, at the end of Season Two.

Twin Peaks is about madness, sanity, the borderline between them, and the necessity of some madness to make sense of sanity. The outwardly super-normal if somewhat eccentric Agent Dale Cooper is the inspired, deranged, and dedicated shaman who seeks the truth by coming to terms with the reality of unreason, partly through his dreams and partly through his existential encounters with giants, logs, outer space, and other unexpected sources. Cooper challenges official law enforcement’s over-reliance on science.

Twin Peaks is about the imagination run wild, moving from metaphysics to pataphysics―the discipline invented by Alfred Jarry, which probes the assumption that anything can happen and discovers the laws governing events which constitute exceptions to all laws.
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Richard Greene is Professor of Philosophy at Weber State University in Utah. He is co-editor of many volumes in the Popular Culture and Philosophy series, the most recent being Orphan Black and Philosophy.



Rachel Robison-Greene is co-editor of Dexter and Philosophy and Orange Is the New Black and Philosophy. She is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0812699815
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Court (August 7, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780812699814
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0812699814
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
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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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Michael K. Wheeler
5.0 out of 5 stars A great read
Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2018
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I teach philosophy and have been a fan of the pop culture and philosophy series from Open Court for at least eight or so years. Some of the titles can be hit or miss. This one is a definite hit. The essays range from aesthetics and epistemology to existentialism and mysticism. Well, duh, it's Twin Peaks! While this book, of course, will appeal to fans of the show, the essays are written in a way (unlike some other titles) that don't preclude someone with intimate knowledge of the show or at least someone who hasn't seen the show in a while. However, reviewing seasons 1-3 plus the film Fire Walk With Me won't hurt. This is the best in the series in a while. If you haven't watched the Showtime reboot, beware--plot spoilers abound!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great book
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Martha Malarky
2.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as I thought it would be...
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Although written by a gaggle of academics, this collection of essays was not as well-done or deep as I was hoping it would be. The references to actual philosophers were pretty pedestrian and some very contrived. Some of the writers made glaring mistakes in describing plots and characters, and there were numerous typos. It seemed to be a hastily produced product to cater to Twin Peaks fans. So, I fell for it. Oh, well.
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