Philosophy Conferences and Calls for Papers

J. Jeremy Wisnewski, Editor wisnewskij@mail.ecu.edu
William Irwin, General Editor wtirwin@kings.edu

The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series

To propose ideas for future volumes in the Blackwell series please contact William Irwin, wtirwin@kings.edu.

Abstracts and subsequent essays should be philosophically substantial but accessible, written to engage the intelligent lay reader. Contributors of accepted essays will receive an honorarium.

Possible themes and topics might include, but are not limited to, the following: The role of emotion in the moral life: Is Cleveland too calm? Is Peter too rash?; “that reminds me of the time when…”: Family Guy and the ethics of learning from the past; Tastelessness: Does Family Guy cross the line?; Pedophilia in Family guy: Is everything a potential punch line?; The pointlessness of the humor in Family Guy; Desire, sex, and incontinence: Finding oneself as Quagmire; Sexuality and Baby Stewie; “Oh my God, you can talk!” Brian the dog on language and human agency; The founding of Petoria: social reality in Family Guy; The role of history and tradition in understanding: Or, Why there are so many references to pop culture from the 80s and 90s on this show?; The use of pop culture as social commentary in Family Guy; Family Guy and the postmodern: How to be a cartoon on Fox and know it; The Many forms of Love: Does Peter love his children? Does the dog love Lois? Does Lois love Peter?; Existentialist and absurdist themes in Family Guy: angry monkeys, silly songs, and ridiculous flashbacks; Feminism and Family Guy: Is Lois a Feminist?; Paradoxes of time-travel: Stewie finds himself (his future self, that is); Marxist themes in Family Guy; Religion in Family Guy; The Dominance of Instrumental Rationality: Stewie’s rationality and Lois’s demise.

Contributor guidelines:

1. Abstract of paper (100-500 words).
2. CV or resume for each author and co-author.Submission deadline for abstracts: May 22, 2006
3. Submission deadline for first drafts of accepted papers (tentative): August 7, 2006
4. Submission deadline for final papers October 10, 2006.
5. Abstracts should be submitted by e-mail, with or without Word attachment.

Send by e-mail to:
J. Jeremy Wisnewski
wisnewskij@mail.ecu.edu