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The Economics of *Lost*
It is here, Wiki-style, with an initial boost from Scott Cunningham, this is also an excellent teaching tool. I would very much like to see "The Political Philosophy of Lost," wiki-style or indeed any style at all. The show -- which has characters named Rousseau, Hume, Locke, and Burke -- is like another chapter in Homer or Virgil on the foundation and maintenance of a polity. The Dickens references are becoming increasingly obvious, and yes they do promise that it all somehow makes sense in the end...
Posted by Tyler Cowen on February 16, 2007 at 10:10 AM in Television | Permalink
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That's cool in all, but it doesn't hold a flame to the Chuck Norris hypothesis.
Posted by: Jason Voorhees at Feb 16, 2007 11:44:51 AM
"I would very much like to see "The Political Philosophy of Lost," wiki-style or indeed any style at all."
http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Philosophy
Posted by: DannyNoonan at Feb 16, 2007 12:42:49 PM
Um, how about this
Posted by: conchis at Feb 16, 2007 12:57:53 PM
Seriously, political philosophy? I watch the show only, because there's nothing else on, but I have to agree with the link in the previous thread, it's fluff.
Posted by: robeza at Feb 16, 2007 8:26:39 PM
Having watched Alias, I am quite sure it will not all make sense in the end. At best, there will be dozens of unresolved storylines. My patience with Lost has been razor-thin for the past two seasons, I always almost stop watching.
Posted by: Paul N at Feb 16, 2007 10:07:54 PM
Sorry, I didn't have time to gag on "political philosophy in Lost", because I was attempting to pick my jaw up off the floor after having glanced the word "philosophy" in the same sentence as Lost.
Sorry to be the one to break this to you, but they have no idea where they're going with this, and never did. It's just an ad hoc stew of references from the Encyclopedia Postmoderna. Now they're reduced to borrowing 20 year old Star Trek: the Next Generation "I'm time travelling in my own body but no one believes me" plotlines. If you want philosophy, read a blog.
Posted by: Chris Wren at Feb 17, 2007 1:13:42 PM
Chris - You may be right, though on the season 1 DVD, the writers said that when they pitched the concept to ABC, they had sketched out a five season arc. And recently, they announced the show would end after season five, giving some credibility to that claim. I've not personally found the show to have jumped the shark. I'm not sure why the haterz think that way. Season 3 has, so far, been great.
Posted by: Jason Voorhees at Feb 18, 2007 4:21:07 PM
I always thought it was a purgatory story, and was trying to predict a character's behavior based on the namesake philosopher. It was going pretty well until Edmund Burke was hit by a bus and I was let down. Maybe when Thomas Hobbes is introduced, or revealed as the real name of character X, we'll have something stimulating.
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"they do promise that it all somehow makes sense in the end..."
Sheesh, I really hope so. It's gotten so confusing I don't know how they're going to explain this one!
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