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The Universe is Indifferent: Theology, Philosophy, and Mad Men

The Universe is Indifferent: Theology, Philosophy, and Mad Men

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Centred on the lives of the employees at a Manhattan advertising firm, the television series Mad Men touches on the advertising world's unique interests in consumerist culture, materialistic desire, and the role of deception in Western capitalism. While this essay collection has a decidedly socio-historical focus, the authors use this as the starting point for philosophical, religious, and theological reflection, showing how Mad Men reveals deep truths concerning the social trends of the 1960s and deserves a significant amount of scholarly consideration. Going beyond mere reflection, the authors make deeper inquiries into what these trends say about American cultural habits, the business world within Western capitalism, and the rapid social changes that occurred during this period. From the staid and conventional early seasons to the war, assassinations, riots, and counterculture of later seasons, The Universe is Indifferent shows how social change underpins the interpersonal dramas of the characters in Mad Men.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments Introduction Ann W. Duncan and Jacob L. Goodson Part 1: Business Ethics Chapter 1 "It's the Real Thing": Identity and Sincerity in Mad Men Howard Pickett Chapter 2 The Business of Creativity: From SCDP to the Modern Creative Enterprise Jennifer Phillips Chapter 3 Mad Manners: Courtesy, Conflict, and Social Change Sarah Conrad Sours Chapter 4 "All the Research Points to the Fact that Mothers Feel Guilty": Maternal Desire and the Social Construction of Motherhood in Mad Men Ann W. Duncan Chapter 5 Supporting this World's Ballerinas: Learning from Mad Men's Female Workers Kristen Deede Johnson viii Chapter 6 "If I don't go in that office every day, who am I?": Culture, Identity, and Work in Mad Men David Matzko McCarthy Part 2: Who Is Don Draper? Chapter 7 Counterculture Beatrices? Don Meets Dante Gabriel Haley Chapter 8 "Moving Forward" as Return: The Redemptive Journey of Don Draper Jackson Lashier Chapter 9 "You Are Okay": Donsein's Despair and Our Road to Recovery Seth Vannatta Chapter 10 Don Draper, Double Consciousness, and the Invisibility of Blackness Nsenga K. Burton Chapter 11 The Erotic Reduction of Don Draper: Iconicity, Idolatry, and Madness Carole L. Baker Part 3: Politics and Social Theory Chapter 12 Zou Bisou Bisou: Feminist Philosophy and Sexual Ethics in Mad Men Jacob L. Goodson Exitus et Reditus in Marriage: Mad Men vs. Hollywood Remarriage Comedies Brandon L. Morgan and Jonathan Tran Chapter 14 Uneasy Bedfellows: On Pete and Trudy's Marriage Matthew Emile Vaughan and Christopher J. Ashley Chapter 15 Mad Men, Bad Parents: Representations of Parenting in Mad Men Susan E. Frekko Chapter 16 "I Can't Believe That's the Way God Is": Sexism, Sin, and Clericalism in Peggy's Pre-Vatican II Catholicism Heidi Schlumpf Chapter 17 "We Don't Know What's Really Going On": Mad Men as a Bellwether of the Politics to Come Jared D. Larson Contributors Subject Index Author Index Episode Index


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780718895181
  • Publisher: James Clarke & Co Ltd
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Theology, Philosophy, and Mad Men
  • Width: 153 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0718895185
  • Publisher Date: 26 Oct 2017
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 429
  • Weight: 648 gr


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