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Stephen Colbert and Philosophy: I Am Philosophy (Popular Culture and Philosophy #41)

Aaron Allen Schiller

Paperback | Pages: 288 pages

Rating: 3.63 | 116 Users | 12 Reviews

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Original Title:	Stephen Colbert and Philosophy: I Am Philosophy (And So Can You!) (Popular Culture and Philosophy)
ISBN:	0812696611 (ISBN13: 9780812696615)
Edition Language:	English URL http://www.opencourtbooks.com/books_n/stephen_colbert.htm
Series:	Popular Culture and Philosophy #41

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At the head of The Colbert Report, one of the most popular shows on television, Stephen Colbert is a pop culture phenomenon. More than one million people backed his fake candidacy in the 2008 U.S. presidential election on Facebook, a testament to the particularly rich set of issues and emotions Colbert brings to mind. Stephen Colbert and Philosophy is crammed with thoughtful and amusing chapters, each written by a philosopher and all focused on Colbert's inimitable reality — from his word creations (truthiness, wikiality, freem, and others) to his position as a faux-pundit who openly mocks Fox News and CNN. Although most of the discussion is centered around The Colbert Report, this collection does not neglect either his best-selling book, I Am America (And So Can You!), or his public performances, including his incendiary 2006 White House Press Correspondents' Dinner speech.

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Title	:	Stephen Colbert and Philosophy: I Am Philosophy (Popular Culture and Philosophy #41)
Author	:	Aaron Allen Schiller
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 288 pages
Published	:	June 9th 2009 by Open Court (first published June 1st 2009)
Categories	:	Philosophy. Nonfiction. Humor. Politics. Culture. Pop Culture

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Ratings: 3.63 From 116 Users | 12 Reviews

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I have to think while reading this!

Of course it's funny. It also has a few essays that help explain some basic ideas in philosophy and in economics for those of us who usually look at those fields of study and say "What?".

Some of the essays seemed to stretch the connection between Stephen Colbert/The Colbert Report and philosophy, but the book does cover two very good subjects (i.e. Stephen Colbert and philosophy), therefore it can't be all that bad. Even the articles that made only a minimal connection between The Man and The Subject were still informative regarding philosophy. One of the most (if not *the* most) "!!!!" moments of the book for me was in Mark Ralkowski's article "Is Stephen Colbert America's

For a book using Stephen Colbert as a vehicle through which to explain philosophical inferences, I liked it. For entertainment value, I was in a fiction mood and should never have started reading it knowing that I would have to finish it no matter what. Some great lines:If your friend has a MORAL RIGHT to his opinion you have a certain kind of moral duty to treat his opinion a certain wayhe isn't interested in truth, he is interested in believing what makes him intellectually comfortable. he

I didn't rate this book because I never finished it. Since the book had "STEPHEN COLBERT" printed on the cover, I was under the impression that the book would have some stuff, you know, written by "STEPHEN COLBERT." Instead, I found a bunch of weirdo fan-boys I've never heard of, writing about "STEPHEN COLBERT."I don't know if the book is any good.

I've seen some negative reviews of this book. Don't listen to them. This is pretty insightful and funny stuff. I agree with the first reviewer: a few the essays will give you "aha" moments.

A nice collection of essays that use philosophy to highlight why Colbert should be celebrated. Hopefully along the way you are also able to have a deeper appreciation of philosophy. Of course in a collection such as this not all the articles are created equal; some are better than others. It was fun to stretch my philosophy muscles that haven't had much use since the philosophy comic book I read last year.