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I Ink, Therefore I Foreword x<br /> <i>Rocky Rakovic</i> <p>I Am, Therefore I Ink: <i>An Introduction to</i> Tattoos – Philosophy for Everyone: I Ink, Therefore I Am xiv<br /> <i>Robert Arp</i></p> <p>Acknowledgments xxvii</p> <p><b>SHEET I THE HISTORY AND NATURE OF TATTOOS 1</b></p> <p>1 Tattoos and the Tattooing Arts in Perspective: <i>An Overview and Some Preliminary Observations</i> 3<br /> <i>Charles Taliaferro and Mark Odden</i></p> <p>2 How to Read a Tattoo, and Other Perilous Quests 14<br /> <i>Juniper Ellis</i></p> <p><b>SHEET II TATTOOS AND ART 27</b></p> <p>3 Are Tattoos Art? 29<br /> <i>Nicolas Michaud</i></p> <p>4 Fleshy Canvas: <i>The Aesthetics of Tattoos from Feminist and Hermeneutical Perspectives</i> 38<br /> <i>Kimberly Baltzer-Jaray and Tanya Rodriguez</i></p> <p><b>SHEET III THE TATTOOED WOMAN 51</b></p> <p>5 Female Tattoos and Graffiti 53<br /> <i>Thorsten Botz-Bornstein</i></p> <p>6 Painted Fetters: <i>Tattooing as Feminist Liberation</i> 65<br /> <i>Nancy Kang</i></p> <p><b>SHEET IV PERSONAL IDENTITY 81</b></p> <p>7 Tattoo You: <i>Personal Identity in Ink</i> 83<br /> <i>Kyle Fruh and Emily Thomas</i></p> <p>8 Illusions of Permanence: <i>Tattoos and the Temporary Self</i> 96<br /> <i>Rachel C. Falkenstern</i></p> <p>9 My Tattoo May Be Permanent, But My Memory of It Isn't 109<br /> <i>Clancy Smith</i></p> <p><b>SHEET V EXPRESSIONS OF FREEDOM 121</b></p> <p>10 Tattoos are Forever: <i>Bodily Freedom and the (Im)possibility of Change</i> 123<br /> <i>Felipe Carvalho</i></p> <p>11 Bearing the Marks: <i>How Tattoos Reveal Our Embodied Freedom</i> 135<br /> <i>Jonathan Heaps</i></p> <p><b>SHEET VI EXPERIENCES AND STORIES SURROUNDING TATTOOS 149</b></p> <p>12 Never Merely 'There': <i>Tattooing as a Practice of Writing and a Telling of Stories</i> 151<br /> <i>Wendy Lynne Lee</i></p> <p>13 Something Terribly Flawed: <i>Philosophy and ‘The Illustrated Man'</i> 165<br /> <i>Kevin S. Decker</i></p> <p><b>SHEET VII ETHICAL CONCERNS 179</b></p> <p>14 The Vice of the Tough Tattoo 181<br /> <i>Jennifer Baker</i></p> <p>15 To Ink, or Not To Ink: <i>Tattoos and Bioethics</i> 193<br /> <i>Daniel Miori</i></p> <p>16 Writing on the Body: <i>The Modern Morality of the Tattoo</i> 206<br /> <i>Simon Woods</i></p> <p><b>SHEET VIII EASTERN AND RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES 219</b></p> <p>17 Is a Tattoo a Sign of Impiety? 221<br /> <i>Adam Barkman</i></p> <p>18 Confessions of a Tattooed Buddhist Philosopher 230<br /> <i>Joseph J. Lynch</i></p> <p>19 An Atheist and a Theist Discuss a Cross Tattoo and God's Existence 242<br /> <i>Robert Arp</i></p> <p>Notes on Contributors 261</p>

<p>Review from<a href="http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/books/features/the-philosophy-of-tattoos-1-2340604"> The Scotman </a>8 June 2012</p>

<p><b>Robert Arp</b> is a philosopher and ontologist who has taught at numerous colleges and universities.  He is the author of <i>Scenario Visualization: An Evolutionary Account of Creative Problem Solving</i> (2008) and a co-author of <i>Critical Thinking: An Introduction to Reasoning Well</i> (2011), <i>What’s Good on TV: Understanding Ethics through Television</i> (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011), and <i>Philosophy DeMYSTiFieD</i> (2011); in addition, he is editor of <i>South Park and Philosophy: You Know, I Learned Something Today</i> (Wiley-Blackwell, 2006).</p> <p>Series Editor</p> <p><b>Fritz Allhoff</b> is an associate professor in the philosophy department at Western Michigan University, as well as a senior research fellow at the Australian National University’s Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics. In addition to editing the <i>Philosophy for Everyone</i> series, he is also the volume editor or co-editor for several titles, including <i>Wine and Philosophy</i> (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007), <i>Whiskey and Philosophy</i> (with Marcus P. Adams, Wiley, 2009), and <i>Food and Philosophy</i> (with Dave Monroe, Wiley-Blackwell, 2007)<i>. </i> His academic research interests engage various facets of applied ethics, ethical theory, and the history and philosophy of science.</p>

<p>Body art or eyesore, a celebration of individuality, or at very least a conversation piece, tattoos provide fertile ground for philosophical discussion, raising intriguing questions about subjects ranging from aesthetics to feminism and from semiotics to the philosophy of the person. The abundance of tattooed religious symbols also raises questions surrounding the belief in and worship of God, and even the stigma associated with tattoos can initiate discussion on moral and political philosophy. Providing a broad arena for philosophical dialogue, essays include:</p> <ul> <li>Tattoos as an expression of freedom</li> <li>Confessions of a tattooed Buddhist philosopher</li> <li>Women and tattoos</li> <li>Tattoos and personal identity</li> </ul> Papers, animatedly inked by philosophers (most with tattoos), tattoo artists, and tattoo enthusiasts, offer enlightening insights into the nature of tattoos and the tattooing arts and the rich philosophical analysis that can be drawn from them.

It's about time tattoos got a philosophical treatment like this!<br /> <br /> <p>Michelle "Bombshell" McGee</p>

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