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Stephen Colbert and philosophy : I am philosophy (and so can you!) / edited by Aaron Allen Schiller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schiller, Aaron Allen.
- Series:
- Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 41.
- Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 41
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy.
- Colbert, Stephen, 1964---Criticism and interpretation.
- Colbert, Stephen.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Open Court, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 w
- Contents:
- Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Philosophy for Heroes; First Segment; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; Second Segment; 6; 7; 8; 9; Third Segment; 10; 11; 12; 13; Final Segment; 14; 15; 16; Take the Ishihara Race Test; Citizens of the Colbert Nation; Factinista's Choice
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-71856-8
- 9786612718564
- 0-8126-9690-5
- OCLC:
- 646788626
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