Black Sabbath and Philosophy

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    A philosophical look at heavy metal’s dark masters of reality, Black Sabbath

    Black Sabbath is one of the world’s most influential and enduring rock bands. Dubbed “the Beatles of heavy metal” by Rolling Stone, they helped to define a genre with classic songs like “Paranoid”, “Iron Man”, and “War Pigs”, songs whose lyrics reveal hidden depth and philosophical insight.

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    Their songs confront existential despair, social instability, political corruption, the horrors of war, and the nature of evil. This book explores the wide range of profound ideas in the band’s music and lyrics to help you understand Black Sabbath as never before.

    • Discusses and debates essential Black Sabbath topics and themes, such as the problem of evil, “War Pigs” and the nature of just war theory, whether or not Sabbath is still Sabbath without Ozzy, and whether “evil is in the ear of the beholder”
    • Gives you new perspectives on Black Sabbath’s music and lyrics
    • Provides a deeper appreciation and understanding of Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward, and Ronnie James Dio
    • Brings some of history’s heaviest thinkers to bear on the band’s music, from Aristotle and Nietzsche to Schopenhauer and Marx

    So . . . can you help me, occupy my brain? Yes! Start reading Black Sabbath and Philosophy.

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    The Sabbath Ritual of Music

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    The Halo and the Horn

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    The Religious Machine

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    The Paranoid

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    The Man of Iron

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    The Warpigs

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    The Bloody Sabbath

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    Details

    Publisher : Wiley

    First Publication Date : 2012

    Author : William Irwin

    Word Count : 60,000

    Format : DEA (Decentralized Encrypted Asset)

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    Cover Art : Includes 4K hi-resolution book cover

    Author Info

    William Irwin

    William Irwin is Herve A. LeBlanc Distinguished Service Professor in the Philosophy Department at King's College, Pennsylvania. Irwin's books include Little Siddhartha (2018), God Is a Question, Not an Answer (2018), and The Meaning of Metallica (2022). He is also the author of the novel Free Dakota (2016) and The Free Market Existentialist: Capitalism without Consumerism (2015).
    Irwin is best known for having originated the philosophy and popular culture genre of books with Seinfeld and Philos… Read More

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