Alice in Wonderful and Philosophy: Curiouser and Curiouser
Just in time for the release of Tim Burton’s take on Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice in Wonderland, FilmFetish is giving away two copies of a recent addition to the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series titled Alice in Wonderful and Philosophy: Curiouser and Curiouser.
The book explores life’s ultimate questions through the eyes of perhaps the most endearing heroine in all of literature, looking at compelling issues such as perception and reality as well as how logic fares in a world of lunacy, the Mad Hatter, clocks, and temporal passage.
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In order to be entered into the random drawing for your free copy of Alice in Wonderful and Philosophy: Curiouser and Curiouser, you must also:
- Reply to this post and name the seven best fantasy films from my list RIGHT HERE.
I’ll be running this contest through Monday, March 15, 2010.
- Should the Cheshire Cat’s grin make us reconsider the nature of reality?
- Can Humpty Dumpty make words mean whatever he says they mean?
- Can drugs take us down the rabbit-hole?
- Is Alice a feminist icon?
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has fascinated children and adults alike for generations. Why does Lewis Carroll introduce us to such oddities as a blue caterpillar who smokes a hookah, a cat whose grin remains after its head has faded away, and a White Queen who lives backward and remembers forward? Is it all just nonsense? Was Carroll under the influence? This book probes the deeper underlying meaning in the Alice books and reveals a world rich with philosophical life lessons. Tapping into some of the greatest philosophical minds that ever lived – Aristotle, Hume, Hobbes, and Nietzsche – Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy explores life’s ultimate questions through the eyes of perhaps the most endearing heroine in all of literature.
This book has not been approved, licensed, or sponsered by an entity or person involved in creating or producing Alice in Wonderland, the novels or films.
Editor Biographies
Richard Brian Davis is an associate professor of philosophy at Tyndale University College and the coeditor of 24 and Philosophy.
William Irwin is a professor of philosophy at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He originated the philosophy and popular culture genre of books as coeditor of the bestselling The Simpsons and Philosophy and has overseen recent titles, including Batman and Philosophy, House and Philosophy, and Watchmen and Philosophy.
About the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, and a healthy helping of popular culture clears the cobwebs from Kant. Philosophy has had a public relations problem for a few centuries now. This series aims to change that, showing that philosophy is relevant to your life–and not just for answering the big questions like “To be or not to be?” but for answering the little questions: “To watch or not to watch House?” Thinking deeply about TV, movies, and music doesn’t make you a “complete idiot.” In fact it might make you a philosopher, someone who believes the unexamined life is not worth living and the unexamined cartoon is not worth watching.
To learn more about the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series, visit www.andphilosophy.com.
Alice in Wonderful and Philosophy: Curiouser and Curiouser
7 Best Fantasy Films:
1) Lord Of The Rings (The Trilogy)
2) Clash Of The Titans
3) The Dark Crystal
4) Narnia: The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe
5) Jason And The Argonauts
6) Excalibur
7) City Of Lost Children
Great Movies!
I like-
The Dark Crystal
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Willow
The Secret Garden
A Christmas Carol
Mac and Me
The Neverending Stories
Haha I guess i am old school
1.Twilight
2.Lord Of The Rings
3.Shrek 2
4.Willow
5.The Wizard of Oz
6.Pirates of the Caribbean
7.Night at the Museum
1. The 10th Kingdom
2. 9
3. Alice in Wonderland
Directed by Jonathan Miller
4. The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
Directed by John Henderson
5. Highlander
6. Barbarella: Queen of the Galaxy
7. Highlander – Endgame
Dragonslayer, The Time Machine, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Shadow, The Indian in the Cupboard, Flight of the Navigator, The Mists of Avalon
1. City of Amber
2. spirited away
3. The Little Mermaid
4. the 10th kingdom
5. Flight of the Navigator
6. Time bandits
7. A Christmas Carol
1.Lord of the Rings The Motion Picture Trilogy
2.Harry Potter Years 1-6 Giftset
3.Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl
4.The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe
5.Bedknobs and Broomsticks
6.The Wizard of OZ
7.Clash of the Titans
Pirates of the Caribbean
Harry Potter
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Lord of the Rings
Night at the Museum
City of Ember
1 Spirited Away
2 Princess Mononoke
3 The 10th Kingdom
4 Jason and the Argonauts
5 The Time Machine
6 Time bandits
7 The dark crystal
wizard of oz
clash of the titans
9
spirited away
lord of the rings
the hobbit
the secret garden
Lord of the Rings Trilology
Labrynith
Pirates of the Caribbean
Willow
Dark Crystal
1) Lord Of The Rings (The Trilogy)
2) Clash Of The Titans
3) The Dark Crystal
4) Narnia: The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe
5) Jason And The Argonauts
6) Excalibur
7) City Of Lost Children
Clash of the Titans
Willow
Pete’s Dragon
Reign of Fire
Time After Time
Journey to the Center of the Earth
The Secret Garden
Dragonslayer
Jumanji
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Secret Garden
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Dragon Heart
Willow
Thanks
Follow the directions and directly, you will be directed in the right direction!! The door knob was right but picking 7 is sooo hard! It’s just, well, mad!!
*Top 7 Fantasy Films*
Alice in Wonderland
Labyrinth
The Dark Crystal
9
Dragon Heart
Lord of the Rings (Trilogy)
Legend
Thanks so much for the fantastic contest! I’d love to add this book to my collection!
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Lord of the Rings
Harry Potter
The Little Mermaid
A Christmas Carol
The Secret of Nimh
1. The Harry Potter series
2. Labyrinth
3. The Wizard of Oz
4. Twilight
5. Scooby Doo
6. Night at the Museum
7. Peter Pan
I wish Pan’sLabyrinth had been on the list, that would have been my first choice
but here are my 7
Pirates of the Caribbean
Harry Potter socrers stone
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The Tin Man
The Lord of the Rings
Night at the Museum
Dragon Heart
Secret of Roan Inish
Willow
Time After Time
Secret Garden
Bridge to Terabithia
The Highlander
The Wiz
Thanks for the great giveaway!
The Labyrinth
Willow
The 10th Kingdom
The Wizard of Oz
Pirate of the Caribbean
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Legend
9
The Dark Crystal
Donnie Darko
Labyrinth
Spirited Away
Stardust
The Wizard Of Oz
1. Labyrinth
2. Adventures of Baron Munchausen
3. Bednobs and broomsticks
4. 9
5. 10th kingdom
6. Willow
7. Clash of the Titans.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Pirates of the Caribbean
The Lord of the Rings – The Return of the King
The 10th Kingdom
City of Ember
The Wizard of Oz
The Never Ending Story
1.Labyrinth
2.The 10th Kingdom
3.Willow
4.Stardust
5.Spirited Away
6.Tin Man
7.Yellow Submarine
My personal favorites from your list would be:
The Hobbit
The Dark Crystal
Shrek 2
The Wiz
Labyrinth
Legend
9
Thanks!
EMAIL REMOVED
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Lord of the Rings
9
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Pirates of the Caribbean
The Lord of the Rings – The Return of the King
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Labyrinth
The Dark Crystal
Princess Mononoke
The Lord of the Rings – trilogy
Harry Potter – series
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1. Bed Knobs and Broomsticks
2. Time Bandits
3. Labyrinth
4. The Dark Crystal
5. Willow
6. The 10th Kingdom
7. City of Ember
Harry Potter series
Lord of the Rings trilogy
Spirited Away
9
Labyrinth (Magic Dance!)
Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy
the 10th Kingdom
The Wizard of Oz
The Never Ending Story
The Dark Crystal
Night at the Museum
Jumanji
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Dragon Heart
Pete’s Dragon
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
The Little Mermaid
A Christmas Carol
The Secret of Nimh
Shrek 2
Scooby Doo
Bedtime Stories
The Wizard of Oz
The Never Ending Story
clash of the titans
harry potter(s)
lord of the rings(s)
9
spirited away
labyringh
princess mononoke
My favorites are
Yellow Submarine
Clash of the Titans
9
The Lord of the Rings
Spirited Away
Harry Potter Years 1-6
Time Bandits
The Wizard of Oz
Labyrinth
Lord of the Rings (All)
The Dark Crystal
Night at the Museum
Jumanji
A Christmas Carol
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
9
Pirates of the Caribbean
The 10th Kingdom
Inkheart
The Lord Of The rings
The Chronicles of Narnia:
9, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Clash of the Titans, Planet Hulk, Pirates of the Carribean the Curse of the Black Pearl, The Dark Crystal, Legend, Stardust
9
PLANET HULK
SUPER MARIO BROS.
LEGEND
RETURN TO OZ
WILLOW
INKHEART
My seven best fantasy films are: 1/ Dragon Heart 2/Peter Pan 3/Willow 4/Legend 5/The Secret Garden 5/Willow 7/Excalibur
Pirates of the Caribbean
Harry Potter
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Lord of the Rings
Night at the Museum
City of Ember
My top seven are:
1) James and the giant peach
2) Harry Potter and the sorcers stone
3) Sleepy hallow
4) Donnie darko
5) the labyrinth
6) The secret garden
7) Twilight
Legend, The Dark Crystal, Red Sonja, Alice in Wonderland, Time Bandits, Labyrinth, Yellow Submarine
1. 9
2. The Lord of The Rings
3. Labyrinth
4. The Dark Crystal
5. Return of The King
6. Willow
7. The Last Unicorn
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Spirited Away
Labyrinth
The Lord of the Rings
Flight of the Navigator
The Dark Crystal
The Wiz
1. 9
2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
3. Spirited Away
4. Planet Hulk
5. Tin Man
6. Stardust
7. Super Mario Bros.
Firstly, brilliant giveaway! I’m doing this for the second time, as I had this all completed and then clicked the wrong button……..grrrrr
Dragonslayer
Jumanji
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Secret Garden
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Dragon Heart
Willow
Thanks
9
SPIRITED AWAY
PLANET HULK
TIN MAN
LEGEND
STARDUST
CITY OF EMBER
My top seven are Spirited Away, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Lord of the Ring: The Two Towers, 9, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl.
1. Willow
2. Yellow Submarine
3. The Little Mermaid
4. Bedknobs and Broomsticks
5. Flight of the Navigator
6. Peter Pan
7. A Christmas Carol
We’re All Mad Here! You’re Mad! I’m Mad!
7 Best Fantasy Films:
1) Lord Of The Rings (The Trilogy)
2) Clash Of The Titans
3) The Dark Crystal
4) Narnia: The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe
5) Jason And The Argonauts
6) Excalibur
7) City Of Lost Children