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Metallica and Philosophy
- A Crash Course in Brain Surgery
- Narrated by: Jeff Preston
- Length: 11 hrs
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Publisher's summary
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.
- A provocative study of the "thinking man's" metal band
- Maps out the connections between Aristotle, Nietzsche, Marx, Kierkegaard, and Metallica, to demonstrate the band’s philosophical significance
- Uses themes in Metallica's work to illuminate topics such as freedom, truth, identity, existentialism, questions of life and death, metaphysics, epistemology, the mind-body problem, morality, justice, and what we owe one another
- Draws on Metallica's lyrical content, Lars Ulrich's relationship with Napster, as well as the documentary Some Kind of Monster
- Serves as a guide for thinking through the work of one of the greatest rock bands of all time
Compiled by the editor of Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book About Everything and Nothing and The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer
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- Ezzie
- 05-23-22
Not Just for Metallica Fans
I became a fan listening to this book. I'd only known a couple songs before. The reader was a little slow for my taste, but listening on double speed was great. I like this series. It's great for understanding philosophical concepts. I didn't like the end where it moved from the music and lyrics to just the band, but most of it was fun.
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