In the vein of popular philosophy, what does everyone think of the relatively recent barrage of pop philosophy books?
In my favorite bookstore (soon to be ex-favorite), one cannot even find a volume of Hegel or Wittgenstein. But there sure are 5 feet of shelving with titles such as
The Philosophy of Battlestar Galactica,
Facebook and Philosophy,
If You Can Read This: The Philosophy of Bumper Stickers, etc.
I personally, find it depressing. Particularly when compared to the Occult section - which is 3x the size of Philosophy. And the Religion section - which is twice the size of the Occult section.
But maybe I'm just an old stick-in-the-mud.
Troy