Metallica and Philosophy: A Crash Course in Brain SurgeryISBN: 978-1-4051-6348-4
Paperback
288 pages
April 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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- A provocative study of the ‘thinking man’s’
metal band
- Maps out the connections between Aristotle, Nietzsche, Marx,
Kierkegaard, and Metallica, to demonstrate the band’s
philosophical significance
- Uses themes in Metallica’s work to illuminate topics such
as freedom, truth, identity, existentialism, questions of life and
death, metaphysics, epistemology, the mind-body problem, morality,
justice, and what we owe one another
- Draws on Metallica’s lyrical content, Lars Ulrich’s
relationship with Napster, as well as the documentary Some Kind
of Monster
- Serves as a guide for thinking through the work of one of the
greatest rock bands of all time
- Compiled by the editor of Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing and The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D’oh! of Homer
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