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Stephen Colbert and Philosophy: I Am Philosophy (And So Can You!)
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Stephen Colbert and Philosophy: I Am Philosophy (And So Can You!)
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Aaron Allen Schiller
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| Series | Popular Culture and Philosophy |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:288 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 152 |
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| Category/Genre | Western philosophy from c 1900 to now |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780812696615
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| Classifications | Dewey:191 |
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| Audience | | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | |
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Publishing Details |
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Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
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| Imprint |
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
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| Publication Date |
25 June 2009 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
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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