{"product_id":"the-ultimate-daily-show-and-philosophy-9781118397688","title":"The Ultimate Daily Show and Philosophy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSavor moments of Zen like never before, with our Senior Philosophical Correspondents    The Ultimate Daily Show and Philosophy is revised, expanded, and updated to probe deeper than ever before the philosophical significance of the quintessential    fake    news show of the 21st century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments xi  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: From Wiley-Blackwell’s World Philosophy Headquarters in Malden 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSegment 1 Headlines: Faux News Is Good News 5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Rallying Against the Conflictinator: Jon Stewart, Neil Postman, and Entertainment Bias 7\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGerald J. Erion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Fake, the False, and the Fictional: The Daily Show as News Source 23\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Gettings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Daily Show: An Ethos for the Fifth Estate 38\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRachael Sotos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Seriously Funny: Mockery as a Political Weapon 56\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGreg Littmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Keeping It (Hyper) Real: Anchoring in the Age of Fake News 69\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKellie Bean\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSegment 2 Live Report: Jon Stewart (Not Mill) as Philosopher, Sort of 83\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Jon Stewart: The New and Improved Public Intellectual 85\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTerrance MacMullan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Stewart and Socrates: Speaking Truth to Power 102\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJudith Barad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Jon the Cynic: Dog Philosophy 101 114\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlejandro Bárcenas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 “Jews! Camera 3”: How Jon Stewart Echoes Martin Buber 125\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoseph A. Edelheit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSegment 3 Field Report: Politics and Critical Thinking 137\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 More Bullshit: Political Spin and the PR-ization of Media 139\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKimberly Blessing and Joseph Marren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Senior Black Correspondent: Saying What Needs to Be Said 155\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Scott Gray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Daily Show’s Exposé of Political Rhetoric 167\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLiam P. Dempsey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Daily Show Way: Critical Thinking, Civic Discourse, and Postmodern Consciousness 181\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoben Torosyan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSegment 4 Interview: Religion and Culture 197\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 GOP Almighty: When God Tells Me (and My Opponents) to Run for President 199\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoberto Sirvent and Neil Baker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Profaning the Sacred: The Challenge of Religious Diversity in “This Week in God” 211\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMatthew S. LoPresti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Jon Stewart and the Fictional War on Christmas 231\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Kyle Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Evolution, Schmevolution: Jon Stewart and the Culture Wars 247\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMassimo Pigliucci\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSegment 5 Your Moment of Zen: Beyond The Daily Show 265\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 America (The Book): Textbook Parody and Democratic Theory 267\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSteve Vanderheiden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 A Tea Party for Me the People: The Living Revolution Meets the Originalists 281\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRachael Sotos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Neologization à la Stewart and Colbert 298\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJason Holt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Irrationality and “Gut” Reasoning: Two Kinds of Truthiness 309\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmber L. Griffioen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Thank God It’s Stephen Colbert! The Rally to Restore Irony on The Colbert Report 326\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKevin S. Decker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSenior Philosophical Correspondents 341\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 348\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406864326999,"sku":"9781118397688","price":13.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118397688.jpg?v=1730497376","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-ultimate-daily-show-and-philosophy-9781118397688","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}