the kantian egoist: A Word

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

A Word

Before I lay into my topic, I want to say that I've been cruising the blogisphere lately, and I've seen something that others possess that my blog severely lacks, namely pictures. As I have chosen to write about the influence that popular culture has on philosophy, and by extension, on our collective psyches, I realize that a tremendously important element of our popular culture is the visual image -- the photograph, the motion picture, the television, YouTube, etc. I realize that my omission is well... disabling in that a blog about pop culture should reflect just that -- popular culture. I should have pictures of Gerard Butler or Megan Fox plastered all over my blog. But I do not. It's the philosopher in me that insists that I need not display flashing lights nor need I show big boobs to garner an audience. Which just serves to prove why Katy Perry is more popular than Alvin Plantinga.

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My Mission Statement

Some people think that there is nothing to be learned from popular culture. I disagree. Every television show, motion picture or song lyric not only reflects the ideas and views of the dominant culture, but also reflects the philosophic ideals that are the foundations of our culture. Everything we see, hear, say and do is rooted in the ideas that came before -- and those ideas are often reflected in the popular culture. So this is my attempt to find the ideas in the things we see, hear, and say, and I hope, at the very least, to persuade others that all this pop culture isn't useless.