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Stephen Colbert and Philosophy: I Am Philosophy (And So Can You!) (Popular Culture and Philosophy)
Stephen Colbert and Philosophy I Am Philosophy - And So Can You! - Popular Culture and Philosophy
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 a...  more » 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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ISBN-13: 9780812696615
ISBN-10: 0812696611
Publication Date: 6/1/2009
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Open Court
Book Type: Paperback
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