Stephen Colbert and Philosophy: I Am Philosophy (And So Can You!) (Popular Culture and Philosophy)

362 Pages·2009·1.51 MB·English

by  Aaron Allen Schiller

P O P U L A R C U L T U R E A N D P H I L O S O P H Y ®
POPULAR CULTURE AND PHILOSOPHY®
PHILOSOPHY / TV and FILM
SCHILLER
tephen T. Colbert,
“This smart and lively crew gets it, which Ph.D., D.S.M., D.F.A.,
is to say, they are it-getters. They get is an inspiration to
that Colbert is more than funny, and they billions of Americans.
help all of us better understand that he What other man
has much to teach us about the great
could have won both
philosophical debates of our times.”

an Olympic gold
— GEOFFREY BAYM, University of North
STEPHEN COLBER
medal and the
Carolina, Greensboro
Nobel Peace
Prize?
“Media culpa! If Stephen Colbert
Sadly, until now,
interviewed Plato, what would
Dr. Colbert has
Socrates say? This romp through the
not received
great philosophers and philosophical
adequate
perspectives helps us understand the
adulation by the
immortal question: How do we know
intellectual elite, for
stuff? No manual for wordinistas, this
the simple reason that these ivy-covered book shows us how philosophy offers
invertebrates have no balls and therefore useful correctives to the pitfalls of
don’t get it.
truthiness in American life.”
— W. LANCE BENNETT, co-author of
Meanwhile, Aaron Allen Schiller, under
When the Press Fails: Political Power
deep cover as a so-called “professor
and the News Media from Iraq to
of philosophy,” has assembled a crack
Katrina
team of professional it-getters, with
more balls than Obama’s inauguration.
T
“Not since Socrates, has a gadfly stung
They have clandestinely infiltrated the
his State with so much irony. An

Americaphobic cloisters of academe,
AND PHILOSOPHY
American treasure, Stephen Colbert
with but a single fixed and indomitable
is an audacious social philosopher at
purpose: to manufacture and release this heart—and here are the essays to prove
awesome weapon of mass destruction,
it. Readers with no background in
Stephen Colbert and Philosophy. When
philosophy will find much truthiness in
the shock and awe die down, philosophy
these pages, and see a whole new side
will be set on its true course: uncovering to their favorite satire.”
and expounding the timeless insights of
Stephen Colbert.
— STEPHEN T. ASMA, author of The Gods
Drink Whiskey
Stephen Colbert and Philosophy is a
family-friendly product, with very little Aaron Allen Schiller is a baseball fan,
salacious or offensive content, in fact
cyclist, longboarder, cat owner, and
STEPHEN
almost none. Reluctance to purchase
home brewer. He has reportedly told
this book may possibly be a sign of
some of his associates he “teaches
disloyalty to our great nation and will
philosophy” at the University of
C
unnecessarily prolong the economic
Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
olbert
hard times.
AND PHILOSOPHY
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