{"product_id":"9780812698862","title":"Adventure Time and Philosophy: The Handbook for Heroes","description":"\u003ci\u003eAdventure Time and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e is a monster-beating, wild ride of philosophical mayhem. The authors have come together to understand and explore one of the deepest and most thoughtful television shows ever to assault human brain waves. Where \u003ci\u003eAdventure Time\u003c\/i\u003e shows us what the world could be like, this book screws open our cranial lids, mucks about in the mess that is our heads, and attempts to come to some answers about the nature of reality. \u003ci\u003eAdventure Time\u003c\/i\u003e challenges everything we know about life, meaning, heroism, and even burritos. And it’s time to give the show some serious thought.  \u003ci\u003eAdventure Time and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e is a chance to put down your broadsword, put your exhausted monster-slaying feet up, and try to figure out why you spend your time rescuing people in distress and fighting for justice. What is justice anyway? If you don’t happen to have your pocket edition of the \u003ci\u003eEnchiridion\u003c\/i\u003e on hand, and Billy the Hero *wicked guitar solo* hasn’t been returning your calls, pick up \u003ci\u003eAdventure Time and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e and learn what it means to be a real hero! The authors of the chapters will prove that \u003ci\u003eAdventure Time\u003c\/i\u003e is much more than a cartoon, it’s a way of life. . . .  It’s also the future!-—a post-apocalyptic future 10,000 years after the Great Mushroom War, actually.\u003cbr\u003e  Who better to have as companions than Finn and Jake when taking on Plato, Nietzsche, and Baudrillard or encountering the Slime Princess, the Ice King, and Marceline the Vampire Queen. In a review of the show in \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Darren Franich characterized \u003ci\u003eAdventure Time\u003c\/i\u003e as a “hybrid sci-fi\/fantasy\/horror\/musical\/fairy tale, with echoes of \u003ci\u003eCalvin and Hobbes\u003c\/i\u003e, Hayao Miyazaki, \u003ci\u003eFinal Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e, Richard Linklater, \u003ci\u003eWhere the Wild Things Are\u003c\/i\u003e, and the music video you made with your high school garage band.” This book is filled with chapters written by a colorful cast of characters who enlighten us about the profound and life-affirming spiritual subtext and dark comedic elements of an awesomely fantastic show.","brand":"Open Court Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47109884641520,"sku":"9780812698862","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780812698862_p0.jpg?v=1763743567","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780812698862","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}