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Irony in the Age of Empire – Comic Perspectives on Democracy and Freedom: American Philosophy

Autor Cynthia Willett
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 iul 2008
Comedy, from social ridicule to the unruly laughter of the carnival, provides effective tools for reinforcing social patterns of domination as well as weapons for emancipation. In Irony in the Age of Empire, Cynthia Willett asks: What could embody liberation better than laughter? Why do the oppressed laugh? What vision does the comic world prescribe? For Willett, the comic trumps standard liberal accounts of freedom by drawing attention to bodies, affects, and intimate relationships, topics which are usually neglected by political philosophy. Willett's philosophical reflection on comedy issues a powerful challenge to standard conceptions of freedom by proposing a new kind of freedom that is unapologetically feminist, queer, and multiracial. This book provides a wide-ranging, original, thoughtful, and expansive discussion of citizenship, social manners, and political freedom in our world today.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780253219947
ISBN-10: 0253219949
Pagini: 184
Dimensiuni: 154 x 233 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press
Seria American Philosophy


Cuprins

Acknowledgments
Prologue: On Truthiness
1. Laughter against Hubris: A Preemptive Strike
2. Laughing to Keep from Crying: Cornel West, Pragmatism, and Progressive Comedy
3. Authenticity in an Age of Satire: Ellison, Sartre, Bergson, and Spike Lee's Bamboozled
4. Engage the Enemy: Cavell, Comedies of Remarriage, and the Politics of Friendship
5. Three Concepts of Freedom
Notes
Index


Recenzii

"Extremely witty, provocative, and timely. . . . It should appeal to anyone interested in American studies or American philosophy." Mary Magada-Ward, Middle Tennessee State University

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Descriere

Valuing comedy in social and political ethics