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Metallica and Philosophy
A Crash Course in Brain Surgery
William Irwin (Edited by)
9781405163484, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 3 April 2007
272 pages
23.1 x 15.4 x 1.7 cm, 0.39 kg
“The most elucidative dissertation on Metallica ever written. And a kick-ass read to boot!!!” “Like philosophy itself, Metallica’s music can scare the uninitiated, who fear their brains will hurt. This book makes both philosophy and Metallica accessible to the curious while deepening the experience of those already in the know.” “Metallica and Philosophy is, at long last, the book which finally gives everyone’s favorite headbangers due credit for being intelligent, questioning, and even cerebral.” “Not just heavy metal, not just rock n’ roll, not just angst or anger or conceptual analysis, but a monster in a category of its own that shows us something dangerous about ourselves and our post-industrial culture.” "Intellectual snobs and proud low-brows alike may dismiss this as a joke- though obviously not respected academic publishers Blackwell ... as an introduction to some of the major schools of thought, it is no less worthy than popular books like Sophie's World that have also sought to bring philosophy to the mass market." A “provocative study” on one of metal’s greatest bands, this paperback examines the connection between Metallica and highly regarded philosophers like Aristotle and Nietzsche, and “uses themes in Metallica’s work to illuminate topics such as death, metaphysics, epistemology, the mind-body problem, morality, justice and what we owe one another.” Edited by a college professor, chapters include “Alcoholica: When Sweet Amber Becomes The Master Of Puppets,” “To Live and Die: Metallica and The Meaning Of Life” and “Boys Interrupted: The Drama Of Male Bonding In Some Kind Of Monster.”
Scott Ian, guitarist for Anthrax
Theodore Gracyk, author of Rhythm and Noise and Listening to Popular Music
Joel McIver, author of Justice For All: The Truth About Metallica
Dale Jacquette, Pennsylvania State University
Tommy Udo, Metal Hammer
Metal Edge Magazine
Hit the lights and jump in the fire, you're about to enter the School of Rock! Today's lecture will be a crash course in brain surgery. This hard and fast lesson is taught by instructors who graduated from the old school—they actually paid $5.98 for The $5.98 EP. But back before these philosophy professors cut their hair, they were lieutenants in the Metal Militia.
Heroes of the Day: Acknowledgments viii Hit the Lights 1 DISC 1 On Through the Never 3 1 Whisper Things Into My Brain: Metallica, Emotion, and Morality 5 2 This Search Goes On: Christian, Warrior, Buddhist 16 3 Alcoholica: When Sweet Amber Becomes the Master of Puppets 29 4 Through the Mist and the Madness: Metallica’s Message of Nonconformity, Individuality, and Truth 41 DISC 2 Existensica: Metallica Meets Existentialism 53 5 The Metal Militia and the Existentialist Club 55 6 The Struggle Within: Hetfield, Kierkegaard, and the Pursuit of Authenticity 65 7 Metallica, Nietzsche, and Marx: The Immorality of Morality 74 8 Metallica’s Existential Freedom: From We to I and Back Again 85 DISC 3 Living and Dying, Laughing and Crying 99 9 To Live is to Die: Metallica and the Meaning of Life 101 10 Madness in the Mirror of Reason: Metallica and Foucault on Insanity and Confinement 117 11 Ride the Lightning: Why Not Execute Killers? 127 12 Living and Dying as One: Suffering and the Ethics of Euthanasia 135 13 Fade to Black: Absurdity, Suicide, and the Downward Spiral 148 DISC 4 Metaphysica, Epistemologica, Metallica 161 14 Believer, Deceiver: Metallica, Perception, and Reality 163 15 Trapped in Myself: “One” and the Mind-Body Problem 173 16 Is It Still Metallica? On the Identity of Rock Bands Over Time 183 DISC 5 Fans and the Band 197 17 Metallica Drops a Load: What Do Bands and Fans Owe Each Other? 199 18 The Unsocial Sociability of Humans and Metal Gods 210 19 Boys Interrupted: The Drama of Male Bonding in Some Kind of Monster 219 20 Justice for All? Metallica’s Argument Against Napster and Internet File Sharing 232 Who’s Who in the Metal Militia 245 The Phantom Lord’s Index 250
Robert Fudge
William Irwin
Bart Engelen
Thomas Nys
J. Jeremy Wisnewski
Philip Lindholm
Peter S. Fosl
Rachael Sotos
Scott Calef
Brian K. Cameron
Thom Brooks
Jason T. Eberl
Justin Donhauser and Kimberly A. Blessing
Robert Arp
Joanna Corwin
Manuel Bremer and Daniel Cohnitz
Mark D. White
Niall Scott
Judith Grant
Robert A. Delfino
Subject Areas: Philosophy [HP]
