[ecrea] CFA: Chuck Klosterman and Philosophy

>*Chuck Klosterman and Philosophy*
>
>Open Court Popular Culture and Philosophy Series
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>http://www.opencourtbooks.com/categories/pcp.htm
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>*Editor*: Seth Vannatta
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>*Chuck Klosterman* is a pop-culture journalist with a substantial cult
>following. He has worked as a journalist, arts critic, and columnist at
>several newspapers and magazines including *Spin*, *Esquire*, *GQ*, *The New
>York Times Magazine*, and *The Washington Post*. Klosterman has written six
>books, including *Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural Nörth
>Daköta <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo_Rock_City>* (2001), a memoir on
>the trend of glam metal <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glam_metal>, *Sex,
>Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture
>Manifesto<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex,_Drugs,_and_Cocoa_Puffs:_A_Low_Culture_Manifesto>
>* (2003), a best-selling collection of pop
>culture<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_culture>essays,
>*Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True
>Story<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_Yourself_to_Live:_85%25_of_a_True_Story>
>* (2005), a road-trip narrative on the relationship between rock music,
>mortality, sex, and romance, *Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious
>People and Dangerous
>Ideas<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Klosterman_IV:_A_Decade_of_Curious_People_and_Dangerous_Ideas>
>* (2006), a collection of articles, previously published columns, and a
>semi-autobiographical novella, *Downtown Owl: A
>Novel<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Owl>
>* (2008), a novel describing life in the fictional town of Owl, North
>Dakota, and *Eating the
>Dinosaur<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_the_Dinosaur>
>* (2009), a collection of previously unpublished essays.
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>*Proposals* should be 200-400 words, and should be lively presentations of
>the topics and questions to be addressed in the full chapter. They should
>relate in some way to philosophy, viewing Klostermans books and articles
>philosophically or viewing philosophy through the lens of Klostermans
>books.  Proposals due by *May 1, 2010*, but the earlier you submit them the
>better.  I will notify authors of acceptance shortly thereafter. Complete
>chapters of about 4000 words will be due early in the fall of 2010.
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>*Topics* should be playful, risk taking, and fun.  Some title examples are
>below:
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>    - The Publicity of our Problems: Downtown Owl and Twitter
>    - What Goes Around Comes Around: Ratt meets Hegel
>    - The Inauthenticity of Fandom or *Dasein* Loves the Lakers
>    - Rating Rock: Klosterman versus Kant
>    - Would David Hume Watch *Saved by the Bell*? On Klostermans Standard of
>    Taste
>    - Billy Joel *is* Cool: Appearance and Reality in Pop Culture Icons
>    - Call No Man Happy until He is Dead: Living, Dying, and Legacy
>    - Low Culture and High Philosophy
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>*Email abstracts and personal contact information to Seth Vannatta at: *
>(corwin /at/ siu.edu)**

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