{"product_id":"twin-peaks-and-philosophy-thats-damn-fine-philosophy-9780812699814","title":"Twin Peaks and Philosophy: That's Damn Fine Philosophy!","description":"2017 saw the triumphant return of the weird and haunting TV show \u003ci\u003eTwin Peak\u003c\/i\u003es, with most of the original cast, after a gap of twenty-five years. \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e finally answers that puzzling question: What is \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks\u003c\/i\u003e really about? \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks\u003c\/i\u003e is about evil in various forms, and poses the question: What's the worst kind of evil? Can the everyday evil of humans in a small mountain town ever be as evil as the evil of alien supernatural beings? Or is the evil of non-humans actually less threatening because it's so strange and unaccountable? And does the influence of uncanny forces somehow excuse the crimes committed by regular folks? Some \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks\u003c\/i\u003e characters try to confine evil by sticking to their own moral code, as in the cast of Albert Rosenfeld, who refuses to disguise his feelings and upsets everyone by his forthright honesty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eTwin Peak\u003c\/i\u003es is about responsibility, both legal and moral. Who is really responsible for the death of Laura Palmer and other murder victims? Although Leland has been revealed as Laura's actual killer, the show suggests that no one in town was without some responsibility. And was Leland even guilty at all, if he was not in control of his own mind or body? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks\u003c\/i\u003e is about the quest for self-knowledge and the dangers of that quest, as Agent Cooper keeps learning something new about himself, as well as about the troubled townspeople. The Buddhist Cooper has to confront his own shadow side, culminating in the rite of passage at the Black Lodge, at the end of Season Two. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks\u003c\/i\u003e is about madness, sanity, the borderline between them, and the necessity of some madness to make sense of sanity. The outwardly super-normal if somewhat eccentric Agent Dale Cooper is the inspired, deranged, and dedicated shaman who seeks the truth by coming to terms with the reality of unreason, partly through his dreams and partly through his existential encounters with giants, logs, outer space, and other unexpected sources. Cooper challenges official law enforcement's over-reliance on science. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eTwin Peak\u003c\/i\u003es is about the imagination run wild, moving from metaphysics to pataphysics--the discipline invented by Alfred Jarry, which probes the assumption that anything can happen and discovers the laws governing events which constitute exceptions to all laws.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-4671560\"\u003eRichard Greene\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Court\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/07\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812699814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812699815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PHI\"\u003ePhilosophy\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PHI035000\"\u003eEssays\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER010110\"\u003eTelevision | Genres | Science Fiction, Fantasy \u0026amp; Horror\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER010090\"\u003eTelevision | Genres | Drama\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Greene\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at Weber State University in Utah. He is co-editor of many volumes in the Popular Culture and Philosophy series, the most recent being \u003ci\u003eOrphan Black and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Robison-Greene\u003c\/b\u003e is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eDexter and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOrange Is the New Black and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e. She is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Court","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42655834996973,"sku":"9780812699814","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_7b482780-ca1c-4693-adb7-5cc2df0a6aa9.jpg?v=1649284399","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/twin-peaks-and-philosophy-thats-damn-fine-philosophy-9780812699814","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}