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More Dr. Seuss and Philosophy: Additional Hunches in Bunches
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy delighted thousands of readers by demonstrating the insights of these children’s classics through a playful engagement with the philosophical tradition. In More Dr. Seuss and Philosophy readers will be offered a vision of the good life through the world of Dr. Seuss. Whether it’s stoicism and care of the self in Did I ever Tell you How Lucky you Are?, facing our own mortality in You’re Only Old Once, or the value of compassion, building communities, and resolving conflicts in the parables of Horton the elephant, King Derwin of Didd, or the Butter Battle Book, the essays in this book focus on living well through the wisdom of Dr. Seuss and other philosophers.
Contributions by Elizabeth Butterfield, Cam Cobb, Timothy M. Dale, Joseph J. Foy, Kevin Guilfoy, Jacob M. Held, Glenn Jellenik, Sharon Kaye, Dennis Knepp, Rob Main, Bertha Alvarez Manninen, Jennifer L. McMahon, Matthew F. Pierlott, Janelle Pötzsch, Benjamin Rider, and Aeon J. Skoble
Contributions by Elizabeth Butterfield, Cam Cobb, Timothy M. Dale, Joseph J. Foy, Kevin Guilfoy, Jacob M. Held, Glenn Jellenik, Sharon Kaye, Dennis Knepp, Rob Main, Bertha Alvarez Manninen, Jennifer L. McMahon, Matthew F. Pierlott, Janelle Pötzsch, Benjamin Rider, and Aeon J. Skoble
- GenresPhilosophyNonfiction
276 pages, Paperback
Published April 1, 2018
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Jacob M. Held
12 books4 followersAssistant Professor of philosophy at the University of Central Arkansas specializing in legal and political philosophy, nineteenth-century German philosophy, and applied ethics.
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March 9, 2019
As "Grinch" is remade, childish Seussian rhyme and humor are rekindled in the popular imagination. Editor Jacob Held has collected a nice set of reflections on Seuss books from Philosophers. He even writes his concluding summary in Seussian verse.
Why not learn philosophy while academics reflect on poetic children's literature? In this text, Elizabeth Butterfield finds existentialist freedom in the Birthday Bird's words from Seuss' "Happy Birthday to You." Janelle Potzsch details the ethics of Horton and early Who-society (the forerunner of Who-ville). Manninen revisits the Sneetches and confronts lyrical prejudice, calling for re-humanization in our era of anti-immigrant bias. Held himself deconstructs conflict, including the cold war, by analyzing the yooks and zooks of Seuss' "The Butter Battle Book."
It's fun for all and all for fun! Read one or more; and then we're done.
Why not learn philosophy while academics reflect on poetic children's literature? In this text, Elizabeth Butterfield finds existentialist freedom in the Birthday Bird's words from Seuss' "Happy Birthday to You." Janelle Potzsch details the ethics of Horton and early Who-society (the forerunner of Who-ville). Manninen revisits the Sneetches and confronts lyrical prejudice, calling for re-humanization in our era of anti-immigrant bias. Held himself deconstructs conflict, including the cold war, by analyzing the yooks and zooks of Seuss' "The Butter Battle Book."
It's fun for all and all for fun! Read one or more; and then we're done.
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