Arrested Development and Philosophy_ They've Made a Huge Mistake - Kristopher G. Phillips [1]
The Lenses of Wayne Jarvis, Barry Zuckerkorn, and George Michael Bluth
Q: War! What Is It Good For?! A: Well, Certainly Not Buster Bluth
How to Choose Between Bunkers and Balls
Who Knows What Balls Look Like?
In the Absence of Opie (Sorry, Ron)
Part Five: Solid As Iraq: Politics and Ethics Arrested
Chapter 15: No Touching! George Sr.’s Brush with Treason
“Do You Know How They Punish Treason?”—First Time . . .—“I’ve Never Heard of a Second!”
A Company Whose Founder May Be on Trial for Treason: The Case Against George Sr.
“He’s Guilty, Michael, of Medium to Heavy Treason”: The Degrees of Treason
“We Do Need to Stick Together Like a Family on This”: Why Treason Is Wrong
“I’ve Made a Huge Mistake”
Chapter 16: “I’ve Made a Huge Mistake”
“And I’m Not Afraid to Make Mistakes. Or Have You Forgotten to Read This . . .”
“Nobody Makes a Fool out of Our Family without My Help.”
“. . . She Keeps Saying That God Is Going to Show Me a Sign. The . . . Something of My Ways. Wisdom?”
Chapter 17: The Comedy of Contradiction
Seemingly Deceptive: Lindsay’s Lies
A Jealous Gob
Think of the Children
“I’m Not Sure if My Ethics Teacher Would Love It if I Cheated on My Essay”
Going Both Ways
Beyond the Never-Nude: Nietzsche’s Man of the Future
Contradiction and the Form of Comedy: There’s Always Money in the Banana Stand
Part Six: And On The Epilogue . . .
Chapter 18: And Now the Story of a Wealthy Family Who Lost Everything
Narrating the Bluths: “A Clear-Cut Situation with the Promise of Comedy”
“And That’s Why You Always Leave a Note”: What Lessons Can We Learn From Our Narratives?
“And That’s How You Narrate a Story”—What We Tell, What We Are
Contributors
Index
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