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Volume editor (Acadia University, Canada), Series edited by (King's College, USA)
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  • Sari: The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
  • Ilmumisaeg: 16-Aug-2013
  • Kirjastus: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • ISBN-10: 1118397681
  • ISBN-13: 9781118397688
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 376 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 226x150x18 mm, kaal: 476 g
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  • Kirjastus: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • ISBN-10: 1118397681
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Savor moments of Zen like never before, with our Senior Philosophical Correspondents

The Ultimate Daily Show and Philosophy is revised, expanded, and updated to probe deeper than ever before the philosophical significance of the quintessential “fake” news show of the 21st century.

  • Features significant revisions and updates from the first 2007 edition
  • Includes discussion of both The Daily Show and its spin-off, The Colbert Report
  • Reveals why and how The Daily Show is philosophically engaging and significant
  • Showcases philosophers at their best, discussing truth, knowledge, reality, and the American Way
  • Faces head on tough and surprisingly funny questions about politics, religion, and power
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: From Wiley-Blackwell's World Philosophy Headquarters in Malden 1(4)
Segment 1 Headlines: Faux News Is Good News
5(78)
1 Rallying Against the Conflictinator: Jon Stewart, Neil Postman, and Entertainment Bias
7(16)
Gerald J. Erion
2 The Fake, the False, and the Fictional: The Daily Show as News Source
23(15)
Michael Gettings
3 The Daily Show: An Ethos for the Fifth Estate
38(18)
Rachael Sotos
4 Seriously Funny: Mockery as a Political Weapon
56(13)
Greg Littmann
5 Keeping It (Hyper) Real: Anchoring in the Age of Fake News
69(14)
Kellie Bean
Segment 2 Live Report: Jon Stewart (Not Mill) as Philosopher, Sort of
83(54)
6 Jon Stewart: The New and Improved Public Intellectual
85(17)
Terrance MacMullan
7 Stewart and Socrates: Speaking Truth to Power
102(12)
Judith Barad
8 Jon the Cynic: Dog Philosophy 101
114(11)
Alejandro Barcenas
9 "Jews! Camera 3": How Jon Stewart Echoes Martin Buber
125(12)
Joseph A. Edelheit
Segment 3 Field Report: Politics and Critical Thinking
137(60)
10 More Bullshit: Political Spin and the PR-ization of Media
139(16)
Kimberly Blessing
Joseph Marren
11 The Senior Black Correspondent: Saying What Needs to Be Said
155(12)
John Scott Gray
12 The Daily Show's Expose of Political Rhetoric
167(14)
Liam P. Dempsey
13 The Daily Show Way: Critical Thinking, Civic Discourse, and Postmodern Consciousness
181(16)
Roben Torosyan
Segment 4 Interview: Religion and Culture
197(68)
14 GOP Almighty: When God Tells Me (and My Opponents) to Run for President
199(12)
Roberto Sirvent
Neil Baker
15 Profaning the Sacred: The Challenge of Religious Diversity in "This Week in God"
211(20)
Matthew S. LoPresti
16 Jon Stewart and the Fictional War on Christmas
231(16)
David Kyle Johnson
17 Evolution, Schmevolution: Jon Stewart and the Culture Wars
247(18)
Massimo Pigliucci
Segment 5 Your Moment of Zen: Beyond The Daily Show
265(76)
18 America (The Book): Textbook Parody and Democratic Theory
267(14)
Steve Vanderheiden
19 A Tea Party for Me the People: The Living Revolution Meets the Originalists
281(17)
Rachael Sotos
20 Neologization a la Stewart and Colbert
298(11)
Jason Holt
21 Irrationality and "Gut" Reasoning: Two Kinds of Truthiness
309(17)
Amber L. Griffioen
22 Thank God It's Stephen Colbert! The Rally to Restore Irony on The Colbert Report
326(15)
Kevin S. Decker
Senior Philosophical Correspondents 341(7)
Index 348
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 Kings 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.