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Pink Floyd and philosophy : careful with that axiom, Eugene!
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Pink Floyd and philosophy : careful with that axiom, Eugene!

Author: George A Reisch
Publisher: Chicago : Open Court, 2007.
Series: Popular culture and philosophy, vol. 30.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Essays critically examine philosophical concepts and problems in the music and lyrics of the band Pink Floyd"--Provided by publisher.
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Genre/Form: Aufsatzsammlung
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Pink Floyd and philosophy.
Chicago : Open Court 2007
(OCoLC)655058778
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: George A Reisch
ISBN: 9780812696363 0812696360
OCLC Number: 167506185
Description: xiv, 298 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents: "I hate Pink Floyd," and other fashion mistakes of the 1960s, 70s, and beyond / George A. Reisch --
Life and death on The dub side of the moon / Cari Callis --
Dark and infinite / Sue Mroz --
Pigs training dogs to exploit sheep : animals as a beast fable dystopia / Patrick Croskery --
Exploring the dark side of the rainbow / Andrew Zimmerman Jones --
Mashups and mixups : Pink Floyd as cinema / Josef Steiff --
Dragged down by the stone : Pink Floyd, alienation, and the pressures of life / David Detmer --
Roger Waters : artist of the absurd / Deena Weinstein --
Theodor Adorno, Pink Floyd, and the psychedelics of alienation / Edward Macan --
I and thou and "us and them" : existential encounters on The dark side of the moon (and beyond) / David MacGregor Johnston --
Pulling together as a team : collective action and Pink Floyd's intentions / Ted Gracyk --
The dinner band on the cruise ship of Theseus / Michael F. Patton, Jr. --
Distorted view : a saucerful of skepticism / Scott Calef --
Wish you were here (but you aren't) : Pink Floyd and non-being / Jere O'Neill Surber --
It's all dark : the eclipse of the damaged brain / Randall E. Auxier --
Wandering and dreaming : the tragic life of Syd Barrett / Erin Kealey --
Submersion, subversion, and Syd : The madcap laughs and Barrett between Nietzsche and Benjamin / Brandon Forbes --
The worms and the wall : Michel Foucault on Syd Barrett / George A. Reisch --
Living pink / Steven Gimbel.
Series Title: Popular culture and philosophy, vol. 30.
Other Titles: Careful with that axiom, Eugene!
Responsibility: edited by George A. Reisch.

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"Essays critically examine philosophical concepts and problems in the music and lyrics of the band Pink Floyd"--Provided by publisher.

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A collection of 19 essays dissecting Floyd, musically, lyrically and conceptually, always informed, occasionally witty but sometimes, long-winded. Academics combine analytical techniques with their Read more...

 
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