Universe is Indifferent

Theology, Philosophy, and Mad Men

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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Centred on the lives of the employees at a Manhattan advertising firm, the television series Mad Men touches on the advertising world's unique interests in consumerist culture, materialistic desire, and the role of deception in Western capitalism. While this essay collection has a decidedly socio-historical focus, the authors use this as the starting point for philosophical, religious, and theological reflection, showing how Mad Men reveals deep truths concerning the social trends of the 1960s and deserves a significant amount of scholarly consideration. Going beyond mere reflection, the authors make deeper inquiries into what these trends say about American cultural habits, the business world within Western capitalism, and the rapid social changes that occurred during this period. From the staid and conventional early seasons to the war, assassinations, riots, and counterculture of later seasons, The Universe is Indifferent shows how social change underpins the interpersonal dramas of the characters in Mad Men.

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Utgivningsdatum2017-10-26
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor426
FörlagBoydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN9780718895181

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Ann W. Duncan (PhD, University of Virginia) is Associate Professor of Religion at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. She is the co-editor of Church-State Issues in America Today (2007).Jacob L. Goodson (PhD, University of Virginia) is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas. He is the author of Narrative Theology and the Hermeneutical Virtues: Humility, Patience, Prudence (2015).

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionAnn W. Duncan and Jacob L. GoodsonPart 1: Business EthicsChapter 1"It's the Real Thing": Identity and Sincerity in Mad MenHoward PickettChapter 2The Business of Creativity: From SCDP to the Modern Creative EnterpriseJennifer PhillipsChapter 3Mad Manners: Courtesy, Conflict, and Social ChangeSarah Conrad SoursChapter 4"All the Research Points to the Fact that Mothers Feel Guilty": Maternal Desire and the Social Construction of Motherhoodin Mad MenAnn W. DuncanChapter 5Supporting this World's Ballerinas: Learning from Mad Men's Female WorkersKristen Deede JohnsonviiiChapter 6"If I don't go in that office every day, who am I?": Culture, Identity, and Work in Mad MenDavid Matzko McCarthyPart 2: Who Is Don Draper?Chapter 7Counterculture Beatrices? Don Meets DanteGabriel HaleyChapter 8"Moving Forward" as Return: The RedemptiveJourney of Don DraperJackson LashierChapter 9"You Are Okay": Donsein's Despair and Our Road to RecoverySeth VannattaChapter 10Don Draper, Double Consciousness, and the Invisibility of BlacknessNsenga K. BurtonChapter 11The Erotic Reduction of Don Draper: Iconicity, Idolatry, and MadnessCarole L. BakerPart 3: Politics and Social TheoryChapter 12Zou Bisou Bisou: Feminist Philosophy and Sexual Ethics in Mad MenJacob L. GoodsonExitus et Reditus in Marriage: Mad Men vs. Hollywood Remarriage ComediesBrandon L. Morgan and Jonathan TranChapter 14Uneasy Bedfellows: On Pete and Trudy's MarriageMatthew Emile Vaughan and Christopher J. AshleyChapter 15Mad Men, Bad Parents: Representations of Parenting in Mad MenSusan E. FrekkoChapter 16"I Can't Believe That's the Way God Is": Sexism, Sin, and Clericalism in Peggy's Pre-Vatican II CatholicismHeidi SchlumpfChapter 17"We Don't Know What's Really Going On": Mad Men as a Bellwether of the Politics to ComeJared D. LarsonContributorsSubject IndexAuthor IndexEpisode Index

"This exciting volume joins the growing scholarly chorus calling us to take popular culture seriously artistically and politically, to be sure, but more daringly as vernacular philosophy and theology. This volume strikes gold, which its authors mine with skill, humor, and great insight. It's a book that belongs on the shelf of every student of religion and popular culture."MATTHEW S. HEDSTROM, Associate Professor, Religious Studies and American Studies, Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia"Duncan and Goodson have assembled a brilliant collection of essays that combine keen theological and philosophical insight into Mad Men. This book is a rare combination of outstanding scholarship and delightful reading. Of course, it's about Mad Men, but it's also about God, love, relationships, work, ethics, and life in the modern world. It is, in short, about everything that matters."DAVID O'HARA, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Classics, Chair of the Department of Religion, Philosophy, and Classics, Augustana University