Dismiss this book at your peril! What might look a tacky excuse for cod-philosophising is actually a very useful introduction to major philosophical questions. Aspects of Barthes, Heidegger, Kant and many more are applied to population and environs of Springfield with enlightening results. Eighteen essays cover such topics as hypocrisy, Bart as a Nietzschian ideal, sexual politics, neighbourly love and measuring Homer (Simpson) against Aristotle's definition of 'a good man'. Instructive but great fun too!
(Clive Yelf - bwl 25 August 2004 ) |
