Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing
Designed for philosophers as well as readers with no particular philosophical background, the essays in this lively book are grouped into four amusing acts. Act One looks at the four Seinfeld characters through a philosophical lens and includes Jerry and Socrates: The Examined Life? Act Two examines historical philosophers from a Seinfeldian standpoint and offers Plato or Nietzsche? Time, Essence, and Eternal Recurrence in Seinfeld. Act Three, Untimely Meditations by the Water Cooler, explores philosophical issues raised by the show, such as, Is it rational for George to do the opposite? And Act Four, Is There Anything Wrong with That?, discusses ethical problems of everyday life using Seinfeld as a basis. Sein… More >>
Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing
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This book is good to that people that has nothing to think about, nothing to worry about and know nothing about philosophy
Rating: 1 / 5
this is one of the most disgusting things I have already seen. It’s really cheap philosophy. This has no value, it won’t change anything in the life of people that read it. Why shall we do philosophy. We can just watch TV
Rating: 1 / 5
This is one of the most stupid books I ever read. I like Seinfeld, but it isn’t so deep. The opinions expressed in this book are terrible, really bad philosophy (done to teenagers or to people that think like teenagers during all their lifetime). This guys are looking for some fame and money. They could have written about astrology, life after death… pure mistification
Rating: 2 / 5
Yes, Seinfeld is always funny. Here’s what he said about his comedic inspiration: “[Lois Nettleton] was married to Jean Shepherd. He’s the guy who invented talk radio and really formed my entire comedic sensibility. Yes. I learned how to do comedy from Jean Shepherd.” He said this in his commentary for “The Gymnast” episode on the sitcom’s DVD set, sixth season. Who is Jean Shepherd? See the book EXCELSIOR, YOU FATHEAD! THE ART AND ENIGMA OF JEAN SHEPHERD.
Rating: 5 / 5
Amazingly bad book. As someone who loves Seinfeld and Philosophy, I found this book insulting for both, and espacially for the readers. I tried reading parts of it, and simply couldn’t bring myself to finish any chapter. Just a bunch of jiberish from people who apperently don’t like, know, or “get” Seinfeld very much.
The straw that got me to finally give up (and write this review) is when I read that Seinfeld was not the first to write a comedy about nothing, and that “Much ado about nothing” is also such a comedy. What, the writer just googled “about nothing” to find something which has a similar title ??? Discusting.
Rating: 1 / 5