Stephen Colbert and Philosophy. Aaron Allen SchillerФилософия. Popular Culture and Philosophy
- Название
- Stephen Colbert and Philosophy
- Автор:
- Aaron Allen Schiller
- Серия:
- Popular Culture and Philosophy
- Жанр:
- Философия
- Год выпуска:
- 0
- isbn:
- 9780812696905
- Аннотация:
- At the head of The Colbert Report, one of the most popular shows on television, Stephen Colbert is a pop culture phenomenon. More than one million people backed his fake candidacy in the 2008 U.S. presidential election on Facebook, a testament to the particularly rich set of issues and emotions Colbert brings to mind. Stephen Colbert and Philosophy is crammed with thoughtful and amusing chapters, each written by a philosopher and all focused on Colbert's inimitable reality — from his word creations (truthiness, wikiality, freem, and others) to his position as a faux-pundit who openly mocks Fox News and CNN. Although most of the discussion is centered around The Colbert Report, this collection does not neglect either his best-selling book, I Am America (And So Can You!), or his public performances, including his incendiary 2006 White House Press Correspondents' Dinner speech.