Title: Pink Floyd and philosophy : careful with that axiom, Eugene! /
Authors: Reisch, George A., 1962-
Publisher: Open Court,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Pink Floyd (Musical group); Rock music History and criticism; Music Philosophy and aesthetics
Abstract: "Essays critically examine philosophical concepts and problems in the music and lyrics of the band Pink Floyd"--Provided by publisher.
Contents: "I hate Pink Floyd," and other fashion mistakes of the 1960s, '70s, and beyond / George A. Reisch -- Life and death on The dub side of the moon / Cari Callis -- Dark and infinite / Sue Mroz -- Pigs training dogs to exploit sheep : Animals as a beast fable dystopia / Patrick Croskery -- Exploring the dark side of the rainbow / Andrew Zimmerman Jones -- Mashups and mixups : Pink Floyd as cinema / Josef Steiff -- Dragged down by the stone : Pink Floyd, alienation, and the pressures of life / David Detmer -- Roger Waters : artist of the absurd / Deena Weinstein -- Theodor Adorno, Pink Floyd, and the dialectics of alienation / Ed Macan -- I and thou and "us and them" : existential encounters on The dark side of the moon (and beyond) / David MacGregor Johnston -- Pulling together as a team : collective action and Pink Floyd's intentions / Ted Gracyk -- The dinner band on the cruise ship of Theseus / Michael F. Patton, Jr. -- Distorted view : a saucerful of skepticism / Scott Calef -- Wish you were here (but you aren't) : Pink Floyd and non-being / Jere O'Neill Surber -- It's all dark : the eclipse of the damaged brain / Randall E. Auxier -- Wandering and dreaming : the tragic life and art of Syd Barrett / Erin Kealey -- Submersion, subversion, and Syd : the madcap laughs and Barrett between Nietzsche and Benjamin / Brandon Forbes -- Thinking outside the wall : Michel Foucault on madness, fascism and, if you think about it, Syd Barrett / George A. Reisch -- Living pink / Steven Gimbel.