Book description
Covering philosophical issues ranging from tattooed religious symbols
to a feminist aesthetics of tattoo,
Tattoos and Philosophy
offers an enthusiastic analysis of inking that will lead readers to
consider the nature of the tattooing arts in a new and profound way.
- Contains chapters written by philosophers (most all with tattoos
themselves), tattoo artists, and tattoo enthusiasts that touch upon
many areas in Western and Eastern philosophy
- Enlightens people to the nature of tattoos and the tattooing arts,
leading readers to think deeply about tattoos in new ways
- Offers thoughtful and humorous insights that make philosophical
ideas accessible to the non-philosopher
Robert Arp is a philosopher and ontologist who has taught at
numerous colleges and universities. He is the author of Scenario
Visualization: An Evolutionary Account of Creative Problem
Solving (2008) and a co-author of Critical Thinking: An
Introduction to Reasoning Well (2011), What's Good on TV:
Understanding Ethics through Television (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011),
and Philosophy DeMYSTiFieD (2011); in addition, he is editor of
South Park and Philosophy: You Know, I Learned Something
Today (Wiley-Blackwell, 2006).
Series Editor
Fritz Allhoff is an associate professor in the philosophy
department at Western Michigan University, as well as a senior
research fellow at the Australian National University's Centre for
Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics. In addition to editing the
Philosophy for Everyone series, he is also the volume editor
or co-editor for several titles, including Wine and Philosophy
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2007), Whiskey and Philosophy (with Marcus P.
Adams, Wiley, 2009), and Food and Philosophy (with Dave Monroe,
Wiley-Blackwell, 2007). His academic research interests engage
various facets of applied ethics, ethical theory, and the history and
philosophy of science.
