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Title:

Homer Simpson ponders politics : popular culture as political theory / edited by Joseph J. Foy and Timothy M. Dale ; foreword by Margaret Weis.

Publisher:

University Press Of Kentucky,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

x, 261 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Politics and culture--United States--20th century.
Popular culture--Political aspects--United States.
United States--Politics and government--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--21st century.
United States--Civilization--20th century.
United States--Civilization--21st century.

Other Authors:

Foy, Joseph J.
Dale, Tim M.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Pt. 1. Classical insights and civic virtue -- Pt. 2. The state, the individual, and political morality -- Pt. 3. The limitations and possibilities of political life -- Pt. 4. The promises and problems of liberal democracy.

Summary:

It is often said that the poet Homer "educated" ancient Greece. Joseph J. Foy and Timothy M. Dale have assembled a team of notable scholars who argue, quite persuasively, that Homer Simpson and his ilk are educating America and offering insights into the social order and the human condition.

ISBN:

9780813141473
0813141478

OCLC:

(OCoLC)818735077

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)