{"product_id":"queen-and-philosophy-guaranteed-to-blo","title":"Queen And Philosophy Guaranteed To Blo","description":"\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eQueen and Philosophy: Guaranteed to Blow Your Mind\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a collection of cutting-edge philosophical essays on the rock group Queen, founded in 1970 and originally featuring lead vocalist Freddie Mercury. \u003c\/b\u003e Queen’s reputation and fan following continue to grow in the twenty-first century. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese insightful and provocative chapters include:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e● uncover the origins of Queen’s unique style in prog rock, vulgarity, and lower versus higher Romanticism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e● examine Queen’s view of love and friendship\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e● draw upon three timeless Queen songs, “We Will Rock You,” “We Are the Champions,” and “Don’t Stop Me Now” and Socrates’s behavior in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApology\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, to understand the “rocking” nature of philosophy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e● identify the connections between ancient matriarchal religion and Queen’s love for strong female imagery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e● explore how Brian May’s astrophysics brings to bear the issues of absolute versus relative spacetime and how the philosophies of Newton, Mach, and Einstein contribute to Queen’s creative output\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e● analyze the structure of Queen’s sound to answer the inevitable question, How can four people make all that music?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e● expose what Queen’s songs tell us about the contemporary theory of mental illness and therapy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e● scrutinize Roger Taylor’s stark impressions of ordinary life and death, and their alignment to the cynical musings of Diogenes of Sinope and Seneca’s blunt observations on the shortness of life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e● look at the movie \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHighlander\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e through the music of Queen and reveal how both song and cinema convey the philosophy of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebushido\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the soul of the samurai\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57313158234494,"sku":"NW9781637700327","price":14.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781637700327.jpg?v=1778591192","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/queen-and-philosophy-guaranteed-to-blo","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}