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A provocative study of the thinking mans metal bandMaps out the connections between Aristotle, Nietzsche, Marx, Kierkegaard, and Metallica, to demonstrate the bands philosophical significance. Uses themes in Metallicas 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 anotherDraws on Metallicas lyrical content, Lars Ulrichs 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 Doh! of Homer

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Book category Books in English The arts Music Music: styles & genres

• Full title: Metallica and Philosophy
• Subtitle: A Crash Course in Brain Surgery
• Author: William Irwin
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• EAN: 9781405163484
• ISBN: 1405163488
• ID: 04197574
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Weight: 428 g
• Dimensions: 227 × 154 × 16 mm
• Date of publishing: 03. April 2007

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