Overview

Take a magic carpet ride through Disney’s wonderful world of films and entertainment experiences, and discover the wisdom within its most popular and enduring stories Philosophy begins in wonder, and there’s no question that Disney’s immersive worlds and iconic characters have enchanted generations of children and adults alike, inviting us to escape the mundane into a world of fantasy, imagination, and infinite possibility. In Disney and Philosophy, essays from thirty-two deep-thinking Disneyphiles chart a course through the philosophical world of Disney, tapping into the minds of the great sages of the ages—Plato, Aristotle, Confucius, Descartes, and Goofy—to explore universal questions of freedom, personal identity, morality, family, and friendship:  Can Sleeping Beauty know that she’s not dreaming? Does turning our emotions and memories “inside out” tell us who we are? What can Toy Story and Wall-E teach us about being human?  Is hakuna matata really such a problem-free philosophy? If you’ve ever asked who you are, what is right, or what your purpose is, Disney and Philosophy will spark your curiosity and imagination with a whole new world of unexpected insight into the Magic Kingdom.

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Author:   Richard Brian Davis (Tyndale University College in Toronto) ,  William Irwin (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9781119538318

ISBN 10:   1119538319
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   28 November 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contributors: “It’s a Whole Family of Supers” ix Acknowledgments: It takes People to Make a Dream Reality xvii Introduction: Philosophy Begins in Wonder xix Part I “The Seaweed is Always Greener in Somebody Else’s Lake” 1 1 Unruly Ariel: Not Born but Made a Woman 3 Megan S. Lloyd 2 “True to Your Heart”: Honor and Authenticity in Mulan 11 George A. Dunn 3 Zen and the Art of Imagineering: Disney’s Escapism Versus Buddhism’s Liberation 25 Steve Bein 4 Hidden Mickeys and the Hiddenness of God 35 Robert K. Garcia and Timothy Pickavance Part II “I’ll be Shooting for My Own Hand” 45 5 “Everyone’s Special Dash”: Tolerance and Conformity in a World of Incredible Differences 47 Richard B. Davis 6 Accommodating Dory, but Disempowering Dopey? Dilemmas of Disability from Snow White to Finding Dory 59 Kevin Mintz 7 From Snow White to Moana: Understanding Disney’s Feminist Transformation 71 Edwardo Pérez 8 “Always a Team, Always United”: Disney’s Philosophy of the Family 81 Kody Cooper Part III “Your Identity is your Most Valuable Possession” 93 9 How to Convince Sleeping Beauty She’s Not Dreaming 95 C. A. McIntosh 10 Knowing Who you Are: Existence Precedes Essence in Moana 107 William J. Devlin 11 Saving Mr. Banks: Reclaiming Our Childhood, Remembering Who We Are 119 Mark D. Linville and Shawn White 12 WALL·E and EVE: Disney’s Intelligent Machines 129 Timothy Brown 13 Inside Disney’s Inside Out 137 Ellen Miller Part IV “You Can Be Anyone You Want To Be” 145 14 To Be or Not to Be … the Lion King: Existentialism in Disney and Shakespeare 147 Megan S. Lloyd 15 True Freedom in Toy Story, or You Are a Child’s Plaything! 157 Armond Boudreaux 16 “Our Fate Lives Within Us”: Character and Choice in Brave 167 Louis Colombo and Steve Jones 17 Breaking the Spell: Beauty and the Beast and Plato’s Prisoner 177 Nathan Mueller and Leilani Mueller 18 True Love in Frozen 185 Jamey Heit Part V “Always Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide” 193 19 Mencius Spins The Emperor’s New Groove 195 Dean A. Kowalski 20 “Handed Down from Goof to Goof”: What Goofy Can Teach Us About Becoming Good 207 Robert M. Mentyka 21 “Let Slip the (Donald) Ducks of War!”: Ethical Considerations About Disney’s War Propaganda 217 Tuomas W. Manninen 22 WALL·E, the Environment, and Our Duties to Future Generations 227 J. Edward Hackett 23 Is There Any Utopia in Zootopia? 235 Frauke Albersmeier and Alexander Christian Part VI The Wonderful Worldview of Disney 245 24 How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Disney: Marx and Marcuse at Disney World 247 Elizabeth Butterfield 25 Colonizing the Geography of the Imagination: Media, Mind, and the Magic Kingdom 259 Read Mercer Schuchardt 26 “We’re All Gonna Die”: Death and the Cycle of Life in Disney 271 Jessica Miller 27 Liberty Square in the Shadow of Cinderella’s Castle: Political Philosophy in Disney’s Theme Parks 283 Timothy Dale and Joseph Foy Index 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

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