Harley-Davidson and Philosophy: Full-Throttle Aristotle: 08 (Popular Culture and Philosophy) Paperback – Illustrated, 23 March 2006

Pourquoi pas ? Même si la démarche rappelle celle, possiblement initiée, par Jostein Garner, dans son remarquable ouvrage de vulgarisation de la philosophie, "Le monde de Sophie", au milieu des années 90. Mais pour les amoureux de Harley, cela reste toujours un plaisir.

Harley, or no Harley - or, as the case of my friend, no bike at all... this book still hits the spot in terms of combining both formal and more 'popular' philosophy into a manageable read.

Should have known when the word philosophy was in the title. Possibly a good book if I had the patience to read philosophy. Maybe will read it one day.

Written by a bunch of philosophers that own Harley's, I appreciate their try at trying to explain what owning and riding a Harley is all about, but for a couple of the chapters, they mostly failed. Too much emphasis on historical philosophers and how their philosophies relate to modern day riders. NOT!!! Like Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, just way too convoluted in trying to get to their messages. I found it frustrating, waiting for something to 'pop' with their thoughts, but for the most part, it just didn't happen. Disappointing.

The book is really not a bike book, just uses bikes as a take off point to discuss philosopy. One or two chapters related to bikers but most are generalizations. I will say I read the whole book in a couple of sittings as it was an interesting comment on society at large.