{"product_id":"mad-men-and-philosophy-nothing-is-as-it-seems-the-blackwell-philosophy-and-pop-culture-series-9780470603017","title":"Mad Men and Philosophy Nothing Is as It Seems The","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCritically acclaimed  Mad Men portrays the changing social and political mores of 1960s America, where women were secretaries, men controlled the money, and everyone lived under the imminent threat of nuclear war.  However, understanding the philosophy behind this show is even more fascinating.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eACKNOWLEDGMENTS\u003c\/b\u003e: \"I Think We Need to Salute That!\"  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: \"A Thing Like That\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART ONE: \"PEOPLE MAY SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY, BUT THEY DON’T REALLY WANT TO\": \u003ci\u003eMAD MEN\u003c\/i\u003e AND PROBLEMS OF KNOWLEDGE AND FREEDOM.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 What Fools We Were: \u003ci\u003eMad Men,\u003c\/i\u003e Hindsight, and Justification (\u003ci\u003eLandon W. Schurtz\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 \"People Want to Be Told What to Do So Badly That They'll Listen to Anyone\": Mimetic Madness at Sterling Cooper (\u003ci\u003eGeorge A. Dunn\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Capitalism and Freedom in the Affluent Society (\u003ci\u003eKevin Guilfoy\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART TWO: \"THERE IS NO BIG LIE, THERE IS NO SYSTEM, THE UNIVERSE IS INDIFFERENT\": \u003ci\u003eMAD MEN\u003c\/i\u003e AND THE PROBLEM OF MEANING.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Pete, Peggy, Don, and the Dialectic of Remembering and Forgetting (\u003ci\u003eJohn Fritz\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Existential Void of Roger Sterling (\u003ci\u003eRaymond Angelo Belliotti\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Egoless Egoists: The Second-Hand Lives of Mad Men (\u003ci\u003eRobert White\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 An Existential Look at \u003ci\u003eMad Men\u003c\/i\u003e: Don Draper, Advertising, and the Promise of Happiness (\u003ci\u003eAda S. Jaarsma\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART THREE: \"AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPINESS IS?\": \u003ci\u003eMAD MEN\u003c\/i\u003e AND ETHICS.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 \"In on It\": Honesty, Respect, and the Ethics of Advertising (\u003ci\u003eAndreja Novakovic and Tyler Whitney\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Creating the Need for the New: \"It's Not the Wheel. It's the Carousel.\" (\u003ci\u003eGeorge Teschner and Gabrielle Teschner\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 \"You're Looking in the Wrong Direction\": \u003ci\u003eMad Men\u003c\/i\u003e and the Ethics of Advertising (\u003ci\u003eAdam Barkman\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Is Don Draper a Good Man? (\u003ci\u003eAndrew Terjesen\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Don Draper, on How to Make Oneself (Whole Again) (\u003ci\u003eJohn Elia\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART FOUR: \"NO ONE ELSE IS SAYING THE RIGHT THING ABOUT THIS\": \u003ci\u003eMAD MEN\u003c\/i\u003e AND SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 \"And Nobody Understands That, but You Do\": The Aristotelian Ideal of Friendship among the \u003ci\u003eMad Men\u003c\/i\u003e (and Women) (\u003ci\u003eAbigail E. Myers\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Mad Women: Aristotle, Second-Wave Feminism, and the Women of \u003ci\u003eMad Men\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eAshley Jihee Barkman\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 \"We've Got Bigger Problems to Worry about Than TV, Okay?\" \u003ci\u003eMad Men\u003c\/i\u003e and Race (\u003ci\u003eRod Carveth\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 \"New York City Is a Marvelous Machine\": \u003ci\u003eMad Men\u003c\/i\u003e and the Power of Social Convention (\u003ci\u003eJames B. South\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAPPENDIX\u003c\/b\u003e: It's Not a List of Titles and Air Dates; It's an Episode Guide.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCONTRIBUTORS\u003c\/b\u003e: Some Real Mad Men and Women.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eINDEX:\u003c\/b\u003e Client Files Lifted from Sterling Cooper.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402377470295,"sku":"9780470603017","price":15.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470603017.jpg?v=1730480210","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mad-men-and-philosophy-nothing-is-as-it-seems-the-blackwell-philosophy-and-pop-culture-series-9780470603017","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}