Philosophy in the Twilight zone

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Utilizing a series of essays examining the broad philosophical concepts embedded in the first 156 episodes of Rod Serling's series, 'The Twilight Zone', this book provides a platform for further philosophical discussion.

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Title Statements

Full title :Philosophy in the Twilight zone / edited by Noël Carroll and Lester Hunt.

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Publication Date:2009.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Wiley-Blackwell
Place of Publication:Malden, MA
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009.

The Physical Object

Description:ix, 194 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781405149044, 1405149043, 9781405149051, 1405149051, 1444310372, 9781444310375
oclc:ocn216935760
LC Classification:PN1992.77.T87
Dewey Decimal:791.45/72

"And now, Rod Serling, creator of The twilight zone" : the author as Auteur / Lester H. Hunt -- Tales of dread in The twilight zone : a contribution to narratology / Noel Carroll -- Frame shifters : surprise endings and spectator imagination in The twilight zone / Carl Plantinga -- The treachery of the commonplace / Mary Sirridge -- Where is the Twilight Zone? / Richard Hanley -- Existentialism and searching for an exit / Susan L. Feagin -- Through the Twilight Zone of nonbeing : two exemplars of race in Sterling's classic series / Lewis R. Gordon -- Blending fiction and reality : "The odyssey of flight 33" / Thomas E. Wartenberg -- Epistemology at 20,000 feet / Sheila Lintott -- Rationality and choice in "Nick of time" / Aeon J. Skoble -- "The little people" : power and the worshipable / Aaron Smuts -- Nothing in the dark : deprivation, death, and the good life / James S. Taylor.