Introduction Do Not Forsake Me My Darling Civilization and its Discontents Mommas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Pragmatists Two Ways to Yuma Landscapes of Gendered Violence Order Out of the Mud Order Without Law From Dollars to Iron The Dut
Jennifer L. McMahon, associate professor and chair of the English and Languages Department at East Central University, is a contributor to The Philosophy of TV Noir, The Philosophy of Martin Scorsese, and The Simpsons and Philosophy. She lives in Stratford, Oklahoma. B. Steve Csaki was most recently a visiting professor at Centre College, where he taughtcourses in philosophy, the humanities, and Japanese. He lives in Stratford, Oklahoma.
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""These essays make compelling cases"-- Western Historical
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""These essays, and others, connect rewardingly to ongoing
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