Blackwell are about to publish a collection called Metallica and Philosophy . It's hard to tell what it's like without reading but here is the contents:
Metallica and Philosophy
Edited by: William Irwin (King's College)
Series: The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
Who's Who in the Metal Miltia
Heroes of the Day: Acknowledgments
Hit the Lights
DISC 1 ON THROUGH THE NEVER
1. Whisper Things Into My Brain: Metallica, Emotion, and Morality
Robert Fudge
2. This Search Goes On: Christian, Warrior, Buddhist
William Irwin
3. Alcoholica: When Sweet Amber Becomes the Master of Puppets
Bart Engelen
4. Through the Mist and the Madness: Metallica's Message of Nonconformity, Individuality, and Truth
Thomas Nys
DISC 2 EXISTENSICA: METALLICA MEETS EXISTENTIALISM
5. The Metal Militia and the Existentialists' Club
J. Jeremy Wisnewski
6. The Struggle Within: Hetfield, Kierkegaard, and the Pursuit of Authenticity
Philip Lindholm
7. Metallica, Nietzsche, and Marx: The Immorality of Morality
Peter S. Fosl
8. Metallica's Existential Freedom: From We to I and Back Again
Rachael Sotos
DISC 3 LIVING AND DYING, LAUGHING AND CRYING
9. To Live is to Die: Metallica and the Meaning of Life
Scott Calef
10. Madness in the Mirror of Reason: Metallica and Foucault on Insanity and Confinement
Brian K. Cameron
11. Ride the Lightning: Why Not Execute Killers?
Thom Brooks
12. Living and Dying as One: Suffering and the Ethics of Euthanasia
Jason T. Eberl
13. Fade to Black: Absurdity, Suicide, and the Downward Spiral
Justin Donhauser and Kimberly A. Blessing
DISC 4 METAPHYSICA, EPISTEMOLOGICA, METALLICA
14. Believer, Deceiver: Metallica, Perception, and Reality
Robert Arp
15. Trapped in Myself: "One" and the Mind-Body Problem
Joanna Corwin
16. Is It Still Metallica? On the Identity of Rock Bands Over Time
Manuel Bremer and Daniel Cohnitz
DISC 5 FANS AND THE BAND
17. Metallica Drops a Load: What Do Bands and Fans Owe Each Other?
Mark D. White
18. The Unsocial Sociability of Humans and Metal Gods
Niall Scott
19. Boys Interrupted: The Drama of Male Bonding in Some Kind of Monster
Judith Grant
20. Justice for All? Metallica's Argument Against Napster and Internet File Sharing
Robert A. Delfino
The Phantom Lord's Index
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