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Harley-Davidson and Philosophy (Popular Culture and Philosophy) | 
 enlarge | Author: Carolyn M. Gray
Creators: Bernard E. Rollin, R. K. Stratman, Cynthia Pineo, Kerri Mommer
Publisher: Open Court
Category: Book
List Price: $17.95
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 74895
Media: Paperback
Pages: 292
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 1
ISBN: 081269595X
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.2275
EAN: 9780812695953
ASIN: 081269595X
Publication Date: February 9, 2006
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Product Description
It’s no wonder descriptions of riding often resemble the words of Asian mystics and Jedi knights: The ride causes your senses to open completely. You experience only the present, the now. Readers who prefer revving a Harley to meditating in a Zen garden know that biking is just as contemplative as chanting in the lotus position. Here, philosopher-bikers explore this seeming dichotomy, expounding on intriguing questions such as: Why are the motorcycles the real stars of Easy Rider? What would Marx and Foucault say about Harley riders’ tight leather garb? What’s it like to live a dual life as a philosophy professor who wrenches his own 1965 Electra Glide? Would Jesus hang out in a biker bar or a coffeehouse? And more importantly, would He ride a Harley or a Honda? These witty, provocative essays give readers and riders a new appreciation of what it means to become one with the road.
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Philosophy Major and Harley Rider Loves this Book October 18, 2006
R. Riddle (Phoenix, AZ USA)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I was an undergraduate philosophy major with all of the earnestness and seriousness that implies. Years later, after getting my MBA, starting and running a successful business, and buying a Harley to ride, I came on this book. It reminded me of all of those seminal college conversations late into the night with girls I was trying to score with and to impress.(Usually the girls were not impressed!)
This book is fun because it does not take itself too seriously and is written by philosophers-riders who can relate the topic of philosophy to a motorcycle, especially a Harley. The book is funny, irreverent, and a little Monty Python-like. It helped me to remember all of those philosophical issues I had thought I'd forgotten over the years -- e.g., what is the best way to live one's life? -- and it started me thinking about philosophy while riding my Harley.
Brings the staid practice of philosophy to life June 24, 2006
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
One doesn't usually associate bikers with philosophy - but here are twelve bikers who also happen to be philosophers to refute the image of the biker as uneducated or unthinking. In associating philosophy with recognizable, everyday concerns, HARLEY-DAVIDSON AND PHILOSOPHY: FULL-THROTTLE ARISTOTLE brings the staid practice of philosophy to life, joining others in the publisher's series to attract new generations to a practice often presented as a dry art of past thinkers.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
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