(1) “Hey, this bit of Buffy is just like this bit of Heidegger.” This is basically using Buffy as an accessible on-ramp to teach people about Heidegger. Nothing wrong with that; Gazza teaches a popular and successful Philosophy and Science Fiction course that is probably the most fun of all possible ways to learn about philosophy. (I guarantee he doesn’t cover any Heidegger though.) But I think people sometimes deceive themselves into thinking that by writing this kind of stuff they are also saying something deep and profound about Buffy. And, really? Not so much.
— Private Universe: Philosophy and popular culture
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