TattoosPhilosophy for Everyone: I Ink, Therefore I Am by Robert Arp

TattoosPhilosophy for Everyone: I Ink, Therefore I Am Reviews

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  David Haines

  This book is an interesting and helpful look at tattoos from a variety of perspectives. It touches almost every aspect of tattoos that an interested reader could ask about, ranging from the history of tattoos, to the way Christian and Buddhists should think about the morality of tattoos. Most of the articles are short enough to read in about 20-40 minutes (depending on how fast you read). Some of the articles are more academic, others are more popular level (leaning towards personal testimony); some dig deep, others barely skim the surface. The wide variety of the quality of the articles means that the book is not as helpful as it could be, but, it is still an excellent resource for those who might be interested in philosophical, theological, medical, and religious perspectives on tattoos. In my estimation, it is a helpful introduction to the types of questions that are often asked about tattoos, and to questions related to philosophical questions such as human nature, personal identity, existence, and beauty.
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  Steve Sherman

  From what I've read so far...
  
  This work is far more academic than I had anticipated, which provide for much more substance than the pop-philosophy I had expected. Technical philosophical jargon is used but not without explanation, so this book builds upon the established field, though it seems someone who has not read much philosophy could make their way through this work without need of referencing other sources to make sense of the relevance these articles make to current philosophical conversations.
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  Carlos

  An excellent collection of works regarding tattoos; all from a philosophical point of view. Discussing tattoos from their artistic conceptions to their relation with religious practices and doctrine, Robert Arp brings us a neatly organizeed set of works aimed to maintain the reader engaged and to transmit basic philosophical concepts using tattoo practices as baseline. Ideal to regular folk or specialized scholars who want a starting point for studiyng tattoos within a sociologicall focus.
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  Cassie

  I couldn't finish this book.
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  Jonn

  This is NOTan easy read. This book is actually a Philosophy Text Book on tattoos and tattooing. There technical terms, and plenty of references to research and research articles….
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  Chris

  This is a book from an interesting series, that views philosophical ideas through the lens of very different fields. As a collection of essays by different authors, some points were higher than others, but overall it had some pretty interesting considerations of getting tattooed.