Stephen Colbert and Philosophy: I Am Philosophy (And So Can You!): 41 (Popular Culture and Philosophy)

Stephen Colbert and Philosophy: I Am Philosophy (And So Can You!): 41 (Popular Culture and Philosophy)

by Aaron Allen Schiller (Author)

Synopsis

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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: Original
Publisher: Open Court
Published: 25 Jun 2009

ISBN 10: 0812696611
ISBN 13: 9780812696615