House of Cards and Philosophy: Underwood's Republic (The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series) 1st Edition

If you like this show you will love this book. Each chapter is written by a professional philosopher that also happens to be a true fan of House of Cards. I really enjoyed the interesting insights into the themes, plots and characters of HOC, and I also gained intriguing knowledge about an assortment of classic philosophers and philosophical theories. Win win!

told him to regift this one back to me!

I greatly enjoyed the book and it's discussion on political philosophy as shown in House of Cards. However, I have to award this book 3 stars for a few reasons. Whoever wrote these essays made some clear, and rather sad, errors on the show. For example, on the first page they refer to Frank Underwood as a senator. He was a congressman. They said in the first episode that he ran out in the first scene with Edward Meechum. It was not Meechum. Later they called Catherine Durant the Senator from Missouri. She was a Senator for Louisiana. If you are going to write about a show, watch it more than once or at least get some of these basic facts straight for die hard fans such as myself. They were an avoidable nuisance.

Greatest

This book is based only on series one to three of the American version of House of Cards. Series four has already aired, and more are planned. Already, at the end of series four, the demise of Underwood is being hinted at. This is the key idea behind the title, a house of cards is a flimsy structure that has to eventually come tumbling down.I think the writers should have held off until the finale before analyzing the show, else restricted themselves to the definitive British series we watched years ago, which had all the features of the American one in microcosm, and at least was complete!