Jacob M. Held

**Jacob M. Held**
Jacob M. Held
Era	21st-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
Main interests	moral philosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of sex

Jacob M. Held is an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy and Assistant Provost for Academic Assessment and General Education at the University of Central Arkansas. He is known for his works on the intersection of philosophy and popular culture.[1][2]

Philosophy of sex

Held thought professionally about sex while working on issues related to the First Amendment, obscenity law, and pornography. He has since published extensively on pornography, and even taught a course on pornography at his university that upset the former president and former professor. The academic engagement with pornography has been remarkable in terms of what one learns about pornography, gender, popular culture, and humanity in general, as well as what one learns about one's peers. His other interests include children's literature, horror and comic books, which, depending on who you ask, make him completely comprehensive, eclectic, or deeply disturbed.[3]

Books

Dr. Seuss and Philosophy
Wonder Woman and Philosophy: The Amazonian Mystique
Roald Dahl and Philosophy: A Little Nonsense Now and Then
Stephen King and Philosophy
The Philosophy of Sex: Contemporary Readings, co-editor with Alan Soble, Sarah Hoffman and Raja Halwani, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2012

References

"Wonder Woman and Philosophy: The Amazonian Mystique (review)" (PDF).
McClelland, Joli Barham (2015). "Roald Dahl and Philosophy: A Little Nonsense Now and Then ed. by Jacob M. Held (review)". Children's Literature Association Quarterly. 40 (2): 210–212. doi:10.1353/chq.2015.0021. ISSN 1553-1201.
Halwani, Raja; Soble, Alan; Hoffman, Sarah; Held, Jacob M. (2017). The philosophy of sex : contemporary readings (Seventh ed.). Lanham, Maryland. p. 540. ISBN 9781442261440.

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[1] "Wonder Woman and Philosophy: The Amazonian Mystique (review)" (PDF).

[2] McClelland, Joli Barham (2015). "Roald Dahl and Philosophy: A Little Nonsense Now and Then ed. by Jacob M. Held (review)". Children's Literature Association Quarterly. 40 (2): 210–212. doi:10.1353/chq.2015.0021. ISSN 1553-1201.

[3] Halwani, Raja; Soble, Alan; Hoffman, Sarah; Held, Jacob M. (2017). The philosophy of sex : contemporary readings (Seventh ed.). Lanham, Maryland. p. 540. ISBN 9781442261440.