Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy: Curiouser and Curiouser, Book 20, (Paperback)

from AnnieHidalgo

This book was a lot of fun. I was expecting more of a thorough examination on what the authors thought to be the philosophical themes of Alice in Wonderland. That wasn't wholly absent from this book, but it mostly took the other tack, using Alice as an example to explain some elementary and/or cu...

from MissWoodhouse1816

It takes a rare collection of authors to find a correlation amongst the Matrix, Spice Girls, nuclear bombs, Lockian philosophy, Jell-O, and Alice's adventures in Wonderland. However, this group of authors blends these elements together with convincing ease. The essays in this book step the reader...

from knittingmomof3

My review from my blog: Alice In Wonderland and Philosophy is a rather enlightening read about lessons that can be learned through the various characters and their actions in the novel Alice In Wonderland. While I had never looked this deeply into the meaning of Lewis Carol's delightful and fanci...

from davidpwhelan

Picture a book of philosophy essays by various academics and you might, as I did, have been a bit dubious about what you were about to read. I was utterly taken with Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy, edited by Richard Brian Davis, part of a series of pop culture philosophy books put out by Wile...

from andyray

i haven't had to do much convoluted thinking since the university in 1990. my training, however, was sufficient to tie in the references to most of the named philosophers. I note with interest how the Germanic philosophers (less Shopenhauer) have hzve picked up- votes, so to speak) among our youn...