Coffee
Subtitle: philosophy for everyone : grounds for debate
By: edited by Scott F. Parker and Michael W. Austin
Series: Philosophy for everyone; Philosophy for everyone
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9781444337129
Subjects: Coffee; Philosophy
Description: "Offering philosophical insights into the popular morning brew, Coffee -- Philosophy for Everyone kick starts the day with an entertaining but critical discussion of the ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, and culture of coffee"--The publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Coffee : black puddle water or panacea? / Mark Pendergrast; title: The necessary ground of being / Michael W. Austin; title: The unexamined cup is not worth drinking / Kristopher G. Phillips; title: Saṃsāra in a coffee cup : self, suffering, and the karma of waking up / Steven Geisz; title: The existential ground of true community : coffee and otherness / Jill Hernandez; title: Sage advice from Ben's mom, or the value of the coffeehouse / Scott F. Parker; title: The coffeehouse as a public sphere : brewing social change / Asaf Bar-Tura; title: Café noir : anxiety, existence, and the coffeehouse / Brook J. Sadler; title: The philosopher's brew / Bassam Romaya; title: Three cups : the anatomy of a wasted afternoon / Will Buckingham; title: Is Starbucks really better than Red Brand X? / Kenneth Davids; title: The flavor of choice : neoliberalism and the espresso aesthetic / Andrew Wear; title: Starbucks and the third wave / John Hartmann; title: How good the coffee can be : an interview with Stumptown's Matt Lounsbury / Scott F. Parker; title: More than 27 cents a day : the direct trade (r)evolution / Gina Bramucci and Shannon Mulholland; title: Higher, faster, stronger, buzzed : caffeine as a performance-enhancing drug / Kenneth W. Kirkwood; title: Green coffee, green consumers : green philosophy? / Stephanie W. Aleman; title: Coffee and the good life : the bean and the golden mean / Lori Keleker; title: How to make it in Hollywood by writing an afterword! / The Coffee Bean Guys.