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Cowboy Metaphysics: Ethics and Death in Westerns
Author(s): Peter A. French (Author)
- Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Publication Date: 23 Oct. 1997
- Language: English
- Print length: 188 pages
- ISBN-10: 084768671X
- ISBN-13: 9780847686711
Book Description
Peter French examines the world of the western, one in which death is annihilation, the culmination of life, and there is nothing else. In that world he finds alternatives to Judeo-Christian traditions that dominate our ethical theories, alternatives that also attack the views of the most prominent ethicists of the past three centuries.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Imaginative and careful. The easy reading and close attention to theoretical nuance recommend this book to a variety of audiences. — Brannon Wheeler, University of Washington
An important book. . . . I am looking forward to Peter French”s subsequent work. I hope it will be as thought provoking and interesting as Cowboy Metaphysics, a book I recommend for undergraduate classes in ethics and film. — Joe Givvin, Mount Mercy College
French does a skillfully illustrated and philosphically sophisticated job. This is a book about which you should give a damn. — J.H. Baker, Albright College
About the Author
Peter A. French holds the Cole Chair in Ethics and is professor of philosophy at the University of South Florida. He is the cofounder and senior editor of Midwest Studies in Philosophy and editor of The Journal of Social Philosophy.
