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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

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Author:   Jason Holt (Acadia University, Canada) ,  William Irwin (King's College, USA)
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Volume:   86
ISBN:  

9781118617410

ISBN 10:   111861741
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   26 July 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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 Barcenas 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 Expose 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 a 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

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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.

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