{"product_id":"lego-and-philosophy-9781119193975","title":"LEGO and Philosophy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow profound is a little plastic building block? It turns out the answer is very! 22 chapters explore philosophy through the world of LEGO which encompasses the iconic brick itself as well as the animated televisions shows, feature films, a vibrant adult fan base with over a dozen yearly conventions, an educational robotics program, an award winning series of videogames, hundreds of books, magazines, and comics, a team-building workshop program for businesses and much, much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDives into the many philosophical ideas raised by LEGO bricks and the global multimedia phenomenon they have created\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTackles metaphysical, logical, moral, and conceptual issues in a series of fascinating and stimulating essays\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces key areas of philosophy through topics such as creativity and play, conformity and autonomy, consumption and culture, authenticity and identity, architecture, mathematics, intellectual property, business and environmental ethics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Play Well, Philosophize Well! 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSondra Bacharach and Roy T. Cook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I LEGO® and Creativity 5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Constructing Creativity 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary Beth Willard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Building Blocks of Thought: LEGO® and the Philosophy of Play 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTyler Shores\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 LEGO® Formalism in Architecture 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaul Fisher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 “That Was My Idea!”: LEGO® Ideas and Intellectual Property 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Gettings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II LEGO®, Ethics, and Rules 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 “You Know the Rules!” What’s Wrong with The Man Upstairs? 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJon Robson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Searching for “The Special”: The LEGO® Movie and the Value of (LEGO®) Persons 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexander Quanbeck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 LEGO® and the Social Blocks of Autonomy 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric Chelstrom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Building and Dwelling with Heidegger and LEGO® Toys 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEllen Miller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III LEGO® and Identity 89\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Ninjas, Kobe Bryant, and Yellow Plastic: The LEGO® Minifigure and Race 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoy T. Cook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Girl, LEGO® Friends is not your Friend! Does LEGO® Construct Gender Stereotypes? 103\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRebecca Gutwald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Representation in Plastic and Marketing: The Significance of the LEGO® Women Scientists 113\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRhiannon Grant and Ruth Wainman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Real Signature Figures: LEGO® Minifigures and the Human Individual 123\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert M. Mentyka\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV LEGO®, Consumption, and Culture 133\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 LEGO® Values: Image and Reality 135\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSondra Bacharach and Ramon Das\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Small Farms, Big Ideas: LEGO® Farm and Agricultural Idealism 145\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCraig Van Pelt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Reality of LEGO®: Building the Apocalypse 153\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Lueth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The American Archipelago: Touring the Nation at Miniland USA 163\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSamantha J. Boardman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V LEGO®, Metaphysics, and Math 173\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Brick, the Plate, and the Uncarved Block: LEGO® as an Expression of Dao 175\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteve Bein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 LEGO®, Impermanence, and Buddhism 185\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Kahn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 LEGO® and the Building Blocks of Metaphysics 197\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephan Leuenberger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 What Can You Build? 207\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBob Fischer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Playing with LEGO® and Proving Theorems 217\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFenner Tanswell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 227\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlice Leber-Cook and Roy T. Cook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 233\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866389360983,"sku":"9781119193975","price":13.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119193975.jpg?v=1722278419","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lego-and-philosophy-9781119193975","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}