Holt The Ultimate Daily Show and Philosophy

More Moments of Zen, More Indecision Theory
2. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-39770-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series

Savor moments of Zen like never before, with our SeniorPhilosophical Correspondents
The Ultimate Daily Show and Philosophy is revised,expanded, and updated to probe deeper than ever before thephilosophical significance of the quintessential "fake"news show of the 21st century.
* Features significant revisions and updates from the first 2007edition
* Includes discussion of both The Daily Show and itsspin-off, The Colbert Report
* Reveals why and how The Daily Show is philosophicallyengaging and significant
* Showcases philosophers at their best, discussing truth,knowledge, reality, and the American Way
* Faces head on tough and surprisingly funny questions aboutpolitics, religion, and power

Autoren/Hrsg.

Holt, Jason

Weitere Mitwirkende

Irwin, William

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: From Wiley-Blackwell's World PhilosophyHeadquarters in Malden 1
Segment 1 Headlines: Faux News Is Good News 5
1 Rallying Against the Conflictinator: Jon Stewart, NeilPostman, and Entertainment Bias 7
Gerald J. Erion
2 The Fake, the False, and the Fictional: The Daily Show as NewsSource 23
Michael Gettings
3 The Daily Show: An Ethos for the Fifth Estate 38
Rachael Sotos
4 Seriously Funny: Mockery as a Political Weapon 56
Greg Littmann
5 Keeping It (Hyper) Real: Anchoring in the Age of Fake News69
Kellie Bean
Segment 2 Live Report: Jon Stewart (Not Mill) as Philosopher,Sort of 83
6 Jon Stewart: The New and Improved Public Intellectual 85
Terrance MacMullan
7 Stewart and Socrates: Speaking Truth to Power 102
Judith Barad
8 Jon the Cynic: Dog Philosophy 101 114
Alejandro Bárcenas
9 "Jews! Camera 3": How Jon Stewart Echoes MartinBuber 125
Joseph A. Edelheit
Segment 3 Field Report: Politics and Critical Thinking137
10 More Bullshit: Political Spin and the PR-ization of Media139
Kimberly Blessing and Joseph Marren
11 The Senior Black Correspondent: Saying What Needs to Be Said155
John Scott Gray
12 The Daily Show's Exposé of Political Rhetoric167
Liam P. Dempsey
13 The Daily Show Way: Critical Thinking, Civic Discourse, andPostmodern Consciousness 181
Roben Torosyan
Segment 4 Interview: Religion and Culture 197
14 GOP Almighty: When God Tells Me (and My Opponents) to Run forPresident 199
Roberto Sirvent and Neil Baker
15 Profaning the Sacred: The Challenge of Religious Diversity in"This Week in God" 211
Matthew S. LoPresti
16 Jon Stewart and the Fictional War on Christmas 231
David Kyle Johnson
17 Evolution, Schmevolution: Jon Stewart and the Culture Wars247
Massimo Pigliucci
Segment 5 Your Moment of Zen: Beyond The Daily Show265
18 America (The Book): Textbook Parody and Democratic Theory267
Steve Vanderheiden
19 A Tea Party for Me the People: The Living Revolution Meetsthe Originalists 281
Rachael Sotos
20 Neologization à la Stewart and Colbert 298
Jason Holt
21 Irrationality and "Gut" Reasoning: Two Kinds ofTruthiness 309
Amber L. Griffioen
22 Thank God It's Stephen Colbert! The Rally to RestoreIrony on The Colbert Report 326
Kevin S. Decker
Senior Philosophical Correspondents 341
Index 348

Über Autor(innen)

Jason Holt is Associate Professor at Acadia University. He is author of Blindsight and the Nature of Consciousness, co-author of Flexibility: A Concise Guide, and editor of The Daily Show and Philosophy and a forthcoming anthology in philosophy of sport.
William Irwin is Professor of Philosophy at King's College in Pennsylvania. He originated the philosophy and popular culture genre of books as coeditor of the bestselling The Simpsons and Philosophy and has overseen recent titles including Superman and Philosophy, Black Sabbath and Philosophy, and Spider-Man and Philosophy.