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Coffee : philosophy for everyone : grounds for debate / edited by Scott F. Parker and Michael W. Austin.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Philosophy for everyonePublication details: Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 247 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781444393385
  • 1444393383
  • 9781444337129
  • 1444337122
  • 9781444393361
  • 1444393367
  • 1283408074
  • 9781283408073
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Coffee.DDC classification:
  • 641.3/373 22
LOC classification:
  • TX415 .C64 2011
Other classification:
  • 08.99
Online resources:
Contents:
Coffee : black puddle water or panacea? / Mark Pendergrast -- The necessary ground of being / Michael W. Austin -- The unexamined cup is not worth drinking / Kristopher G. Phillips -- Saṃsāra in a coffee cup : self, suffering, and the karma of waking up / Steven Geisz -- The existential ground of true community : coffee and otherness / Jill Hernandez -- Sage advice from Ben's mom, or the value of the coffeehouse / Scott F. Parker -- The coffeehouse as a public sphere : brewing social change / Asaf Bar-Tura -- Café noir : anxiety, existence, and the coffeehouse / Brook J. Sadler -- The philosopher's brew / Bassam Romaya -- Three cups : the anatomy of a wasted afternoon / Will Buckingham -- Is Starbucks really better than Red Brand X? / Kenneth Davids -- The flavor of choice : neoliberalism and the espresso aesthetic / Andrew Wear -- Starbucks and the third wave / John Hartmann -- How good the coffee can be : an interview with Stumptown's Matt Lounsbury / Scott F. Parker -- More than 27 cents a day : the direct trade (r)evolution / Gina Bramucci and Shannon Mulholland -- Higher, faster, stronger, buzzed : caffeine as a performance-enhancing drug / Kenneth W. Kirkwood -- Green coffee, green consumers : green philosophy? / Stephanie W. Aleman -- Coffee and the good life : the bean and the golden mean / Lori Keleker -- How to make it in Hollywood by writing an afterword! / The Coffee Bean Guys.
Summary: "Offering philosophical insights into the popular morning brew, Coffee -- Philosophy for Everyone kick starts the day with an entertaining but critical discussion of the ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, and culture of coffee"--The publisher.
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Coffee : black puddle water or panacea? / Mark Pendergrast -- The necessary ground of being / Michael W. Austin -- The unexamined cup is not worth drinking / Kristopher G. Phillips -- Saṃsāra in a coffee cup : self, suffering, and the karma of waking up / Steven Geisz -- The existential ground of true community : coffee and otherness / Jill Hernandez -- Sage advice from Ben's mom, or the value of the coffeehouse / Scott F. Parker -- The coffeehouse as a public sphere : brewing social change / Asaf Bar-Tura -- Café noir : anxiety, existence, and the coffeehouse / Brook J. Sadler -- The philosopher's brew / Bassam Romaya -- Three cups : the anatomy of a wasted afternoon / Will Buckingham -- Is Starbucks really better than Red Brand X? / Kenneth Davids -- The flavor of choice : neoliberalism and the espresso aesthetic / Andrew Wear -- Starbucks and the third wave / John Hartmann -- How good the coffee can be : an interview with Stumptown's Matt Lounsbury / Scott F. Parker -- More than 27 cents a day : the direct trade (r)evolution / Gina Bramucci and Shannon Mulholland -- Higher, faster, stronger, buzzed : caffeine as a performance-enhancing drug / Kenneth W. Kirkwood -- Green coffee, green consumers : green philosophy? / Stephanie W. Aleman -- Coffee and the good life : the bean and the golden mean / Lori Keleker -- How to make it in Hollywood by writing an afterword! / The Coffee Bean Guys.

"Offering philosophical insights into the popular morning brew, Coffee -- Philosophy for Everyone kick starts the day with an entertaining but critical discussion of the ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, and culture of coffee"--The publisher.