The Hunger Games and Philosophy
A Critique of Pure Treason

I can't decide what is scarier, to think that Susan Collins had all of that philosophical and historical content whizzing about in her head when writing the Hunger Games or to believe that she just wrote it all and stumbled upon the connections! No I'm going with, she's a philosophical and historica......more

I read this book as part of the research I am doing for my master thesis, which is about the current popularity of the dystopian genre amongst adolescents. I liked the essays in this book, some were more useful than others. The essays were interesting but not very special or groundbreaking. Just an......more

Cieżko mi się to czytało. Nie jest napisane prostym językiem, a szkoda, bo był potencjał. Po prostu ok.......more

By now, I've read a pretty wide selection of the "Philosophy and Pop Culture" series put out by several publishing houses over the last decade or so, and while it's commendable that important scholars and philosophers have finally agreed to descend from their ivory towers to grace us with......more

The absolute best thing about the book is that it often feels like a deep conversation about HG with someone more intelligent than me, who's able to both articulate my own thoughts as well as direct my attention to things I had not considered. I'm glad I read it even though I nearly gave up half-way......more