{"product_id":"political-philosophy-comes-to-ricks","title":"Political Philosophy Comes to Rick's","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCasablanca\u003c\/i\u003e is a movie about love and loss, virtue and vice, good and evil, duty and treachery, courage and weakness, friendship and hate. It is a story that ends well, but only because the main characters make a heartbreaking choice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCasablanca\u003c\/i\u003e is perhaps the most widely viewed motion picture ever made, often finishing on critics' lists second only to \u003ci\u003eCitizen Kane\u003c\/i\u003e. What accounts for its continuing popularity? What chord does it strike with audiences? What lesson does \u003ci\u003eCasablanca\u003c\/i\u003e teach Americans about themselves? What influence does popular culture have on public mores? The contributors to \u003ci\u003ePolitical Philosophy Comes to Rick's\u003c\/i\u003e take up these questions, finding that \u003ci\u003eCasablanca\u003c\/i\u003e raises many of the most important issues of political philosophy. Perhaps \u003ci\u003eCasablanca\u003c\/i\u003e has an enduring quality because it, like political philosophy, raises questions of human life - the nature of love, friendship, courage, honor, responsibility, and justice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54261318254936,"sku":"9780739111130","price":52.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780739111130_3e9dfe82-98b5-4166-aae6-314f78dcb11a.jpg?v=1769788846","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/political-philosophy-comes-to-ricks","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}