Who and Philosophy

Rocco J. Gennaro is professor of philosophy at the University of Southern Indiana.Casey Harison is professor of history at the University of Southern Indiana.

• Introduction by Rocco J. Gennaro and Casey HarisonPart I—“I Can’t Explain”: Mod CultureChapter 1. The Who and “My Generation”: Philosophical Recollections of a Former Second Wave Modby Catherine Villanueva GardnerChapter 2. All Mod Cons: The Who and Rock ‘n’ Roll Authenticityby Steven D. WilliamsPart II—“We’re Not Going to Take It”: Alienation and AngstChapter 3. “I’ve Had Enough”: The Who and Social Revolutionby Casey Rentmeester and William KnoblauchChapter 4. Who’s That Outside?by Greg LittmannChapter 5. To the Sea and Sand: Quadrophenia – An Interpretationby Robert McParlandChapter 6. Fiddling about Becoming a Manby Christopher KetchamPart III—“The Real Me”: Consciousness, Disorders, and DeceptionChapter 7. “See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me” – Know Me: Rationalism vs Empiricism in Tommyby Russell L. JohnsonChapter 8. What Does Tommy Feel?: The Aesthetic Experience of a Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Kidby S. Evan KreiderChapter 9. “He Only Comes out Wh

The editors Gennaro and Harison…have successfully compiled a selection of texts on a band and their followers who could only exist at that particular time. . . .Here we have a good compilation of texts that will appeal to anybody interested in popular music, British bands of the 1960s and of course The Who.