Porn - Philosophy for Everyone
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Porn - Philosophy for Everyone
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Porn - Philosophy for Everyone
This anthology takes the ever-controversial discussion of pornography out of solely academic circles; it expands the questions about porn that academics might tackle and opens the conversation to those who know it best-the creators and users of porn.
This anthology takes the ever-controversial discussion of pornography out of solely academic circles; it expands the questions about porn that academics might tackle and opens the conversation to those who know it best—the creators and users of porn.
- Features essays on non-traditional issues in porn, including celebrity sex tapes, virtual sex, S&M, homosexual porn, and technology’s impact on the porn industry.
- Includes fascinating insights from psychologists, a lawyer, and an English professor, as well as industry insiders such as Dylan Ryder.
- Offers a fun, entertaining, and philosophically provocative approach to pornography, written for the general reader.
Porn - Philosophy for Everyone provides a unique and thought-provoking exploration of pornography through a lens that’s accessible to all, inviting a broader audience into the dialogue.
Series: Philosophy for Everyone
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Porn - Philosophy for Everyone is a collection featuring diverse perspectives, with particular appreciation for essays like Woollard's piece that disentangles concepts of infidelity and porn, and Pipe's work that offers a historical overview. These articles are noted for their potential utility in academic settings, such as undergraduate courses.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781405199629
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 24 September 2010
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Contributors:
- Series edited by Fritz Allhoff
- Edited by Dave Monroe
- Foreword by Gram Ponante
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 21.0mm
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 231.0mm
Weight: 426g
Pages: 280
About the Author
Editor Dave Monroe is an instructor at the Applied Ethics Institute ofSt. Petersburg College, Florida, and adjunct instructor ofphilosophy at the University of Tampa. He is the co-editor of Food & Philosophy, with Fritz Allhoff (Wiley-Blackwell,2007). Series Editor Fritz Allhoff is an Assistant Professor in thePhilosophy Department at Western Michigan University, as well as aSenior Research Fellow at the Australian National University'sCentre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics. In addition toediting the Philosophy for Everyone series, Allhoff is thevolume editor or co-editor for several titles, including Wine& Philosophy (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007), Whiskey PHIlosophy (with Marcus P. Adams, Wiley, 2009), and Food& Philosophy (with Dave Monroe, Wiley-Blackwell, 2007).
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