For seven seasons, AMC’s Mad Men captivated audiences with the story of Don Draper, an advertising executive whose personal and professional successes and failures took viewers on a roller coaster ride through America’s tumultuous 1960s. More than just a television show about one of advertising’s “bad boys,” the series investigates the principles of the American regime, exploring whether or not the American Dream is a sustainable vision of human flourishing and happiness. This collection of essays investigates the show’s engagement with the philosophic and political foundations of American democracy.
| ISBN: | 9781498526968 |
| Publication date: | 22nd August 2016 |
| Author: | T. D. Anderson, Barry Craig |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 206 pages |
| Series: | Politics, Literature, & Film |
| Genres: |
Political structures: democracy Television Politics and government Political science and theory |