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Bob Dylan and Philosophy: It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Thinking)

Bob Dylan and Philosophy: It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Thinking)

Porter, Carl J.
Vernezze, Peter
Irwin, William

Paperback

Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy, Book 17

PhilosophyPop/RockMusic Reference

Publisher Price: $17.95

ISBN10: 0812695925
ISBN13: 9780812695922
Publisher: Open Court
Published: Dec 16 2005
Pages: 225
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.16 Depth: 9.04
Language: English
The legions of Bob Dylan fans know that Dylan is not just a great composer, writer, and performer, but a great thinker as well. In Bob Dylan and Philosophy, eighteen philosophers analyze Dylan's ethical positions, political commitments, views on gender and sexuality, and his complicated and controversial attitudes toward religion. All phases of Dylan's output are covered, from his early acoustic folk ballads and anthem-like protest songs to his controversial switch to electric guitar to his sometimes puzzling, often profound music of the 1970s and beyond. The book examines different aspects of Dylan's creative thought through a philosophical lens, including personal identity, negative and positive freedom, enlightenment and postmodernism in his social criticism, and the morality of bootlegging. An engaging introduction to deep philosophical truths, the book provides Dylan fans with an opportunity to learn about philosophy while impressing fans of philosophy with the deeper implications of his intellectual achievements.

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