Disney and Philosophy: Truth, Trust, and a Little Bit of Pixie Dust

ISBN-13: 9781119538318 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 336 str.

Richard Brian Davis; William Irwin

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Contributors: "It's a Whole Family of Supers" ixAcknowledgments: It takes People to Make a Dream Reality xviiIntroduction: Philosophy Begins in Wonder xixPart I "The Seaweed is Always Greener in Somebody Else's Lake" 11 Unruly Ariel: Not Born but Made a Woman 3Megan S. Lloyd2 "True to Your Heart": Honor and Authenticity in Mulan 11George A. Dunn3 Zen and the Art of Imagineering: Disney's Escapism Versus Buddhism's Liberation 25Steve Bein4 Hidden Mickeys and the Hiddenness of God 35Robert K. Garcia and Timothy PickavancePart II "I'll be Shooting for My Own Hand" 455 "Everyone's Special Dash": Tolerance and Conformity in a World of Incredible Differences 47Richard B. Davis6 Accommodating Dory, but Disempowering Dopey? Dilemmas of Disability from Snow White to Finding Dory 59Kevin Mintz7 From Snow White to Moana: Understanding Disney's Feminist Transformation 71Edwardo Pérez8 "Always a Team, Always United": Disney's Philosophy of the Family 81Kody CooperPart III "Your Identity is your Most Valuable Possession" 939 How to Convince Sleeping Beauty She's Not Dreaming 95C. A. McIntosh10 Knowing Who you Are: Existence Precedes Essence in Moana 107William J. Devlin11 Saving Mr. Banks: Reclaiming Our Childhood, Remembering Who We Are 119Mark D. Linville and Shawn White12 WALL·E and EVE: Disney's Intelligent Machines 129Timothy Brown13 Inside Disney's Inside Out 137Ellen MillerPart IV "You Can Be Anyone You Want To Be" 14514 To Be or Not to Be ... the Lion King: Existentialism in Disney and Shakespeare 147Megan S. Lloyd15 True Freedom in Toy Story, or You Are a Child's Plaything! 157Armond Boudreaux16 "Our Fate Lives Within Us": Character and Choice in Brave 167Louis Colombo and Steve Jones17 Breaking the Spell: Beauty and the Beast and Plato's Prisoner 177Nathan Mueller and Leilani Mueller18 True Love in Frozen 185Jamey HeitPart V "Always Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide" 19319 Mencius Spins The Emperor's New Groove 195Dean A. Kowalski20 "Handed Down from Goof to Goof": What Goofy Can Teach Us About Becoming Good 207Robert M. Mentyka21 "Let Slip the (Donald) Ducks of War!": Ethical Considerations About Disney's War Propaganda 217Tuomas W. Manninen22 WALL·E, the Environment, and Our Duties to Future Generations 227J. Edward Hackett23 Is There Any Utopia in Zootopia? 235Frauke Albersmeier and Alexander ChristianPart VI The Wonderful Worldview of Disney 24524 How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Disney: Marx and Marcuse at Disney World 247Elizabeth Butterfield25 Colonizing the Geography of the Imagination: Media, Mind, and the Magic Kingdom 259Read Mercer Schuchardt26 "We're All Gonna Die": Death and the Cycle of Life in Disney 271Jessica Miller27 Liberty Square in the Shadow of Cinderella's Castle: Political Philosophy in Disney's Theme Parks 283Timothy Dale and Joseph FoyIndex 293

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RICHARD B. DAVIS is Professor of Philosophy at Tyndale University in Canada. He is the author or editor of four books, including Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy (Wiley Blackwell, 2009) and 24 and Philosophy (Wiley Blackwell, 2007). He has published over thirty book chapters or articles, and specializes in metaphysics and epistemology.To learn more about the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series, visit www.andphilosophy.com