Metallica and Philosophy

Hit the lights and jump in the fire, you’re about to enter the School of Rock! Today’s lecture will be a crash course in brain surgery. This hard and fast lesson is taught by instructors who graduated from the old school—they actually paid $5.98 for <i>The $5.98 EP</i>. But back before these philosophy professors cut their hair, they were lieutenants in the Metal Militia.<br /> <ul> <li style=”list-style: none”><br /> </li> <li>A provocative study of the ‘thinking man’s’ metal band<br /> </li> <li>Maps out the connections between Aristotle, Nietzsche, Marx, Kierkegaard, and Metallica, to demonstrate the band’s philosophical significance<br /> </li> <li>Uses themes in Metallica’s work to illuminate topics such as freedom, truth, identity, existentialism, questions of life and death, metaphysics, epistemology, the mind-body problem, morality, justice, and what we owe one another<br /> </li> <li>Draws on Metallica’s lyrical content, Lars Ulrich’s relationship with Napster, as well as the documentary <i>Some Kind of Monster</i><br /> </li> <li>Serves as a guide for thinking through the work of one of the greatest rock bands of all time<br /> </li> <li>Compiled by the editor of <i>Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing</i> and <i>The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D’oh! of Homer</i></li> </ul>