Irony in the age of empire
Subtitle: comic perspectives on democracy and freedom
By: Cynthia Willett.
Series: American philosophy
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780253351661; 9780253219947
Subjects: Comedy -- Political aspects -- United States; Comedy -- Social aspects -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Laughter against hubris : a preemptive strike; title: Laughing to keep from crying : Cornel West, pragmatism, and progressive comedy; title: Authenticity in an age of satire : Ellison, Sartre, Bergson, and Spike Lee's bamboozled; title: Engage the enemy : Cavell, comedies of remarriage, and the politics of friendship; title: Three concepts of freedom.