Johnny Cash and Philosophy

It's finally published!
(This not a joke.)

I couldn't be prouder. Steve's article, "Beer for Breakfast: The Role of Suffering in Character Formation" is included in Johnny Cash and Philosophy: The Burning Ring of Truth, edited by John Huss and David Werther. It's a volume in the Open Court Popular Culture and Philosophers series....you know, the one that includes:

Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing (2000)

The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer (2001)

The Matrix and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real (2002)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale (2003)

The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy: One Book to Rule Them All (2003)

Baseball and Philosophy: Thinking Outside the Batter's Box (2004)

The Sopranos and Philosophy: I Kill Therefore I Am (2004)

Woody Allen and Philosophy: You Mean My Whole Fallacy is Wrong? (2004)

Harry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts (2004)

Mel Gibson's Passion and Philosophy: The Cross, the Questions, the Controversy (2004)

More Matrix and Philosophy: Revolutions and Reloaded Decoded (2005)

Star Wars and Philosophy: More Powerful Than You Can Possibly Imagine (2005)

Superheroes and Philosophy: Truth, Justice, and the Socratic Way (2005)

The Atkins Diet and Philosophy: Chewing the Fat with Kant and Nietzsche (2005)

The Chronicles of Narnia and Philosophy: The Lion, the Witch, and the Worldview (2005)

Hip Hop and Philosophy: Rhyme 2 Reason (2005)

Bob Dylan and Philosophy: It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Thinking) (2006)

Harley-Davidson and Philosophy: Full-Throttle Aristotle (2006)

Monty Python and Philosophy: Nudge Nudge, Think Think! (2006)

Poker and Philosophy: Pocket Rockets and Philosopher Kings (2006)

U2 and Philosophy: How to Decipher an Atomic Band (2006)

The Undead and Philosophy: Chicken Soup for the Soulless (2006)

James Bond and Philosophy: Questions Are Forever (2006)

Bullshit and Philosophy: Guaranteed to Get Perfect Results Every Time (2006)

The Beatles and Philosophy: Nothing You Can Think That Can't Be Thunk (2006)

South Park and Philosophy: Bigger, Longer, and More Penetrating (2007)

Hitchcock and Philosophy: Dial M for Metaphysics (2007)

The Grateful Dead and Philosophy: Getting High Minded about Love and Haight (2007)

Quentin Tarantino and Philosophy: How to Philosophize with a Pair of Pliers and a Blowtorch (2007)

Pink Floyd and Philosophy: Careful with that Axiom, Eugene! (2007)

Johnny Cash and Philosophy (forthcoming 2008)

Bruce Springsteen and Philosophy (forthcoming 2008)

Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy (forthcoming 2008)

You can read Open Court's blurb about Johnny Cash and Philosophy here.