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The Onion and Philosophy: Fake News Story True, Alleges Indignant Area Professor (Popular Culture and Philosophy)
Sharon M (Ed) Kaye
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Description for The Onion and Philosophy: Fake News Story True, Alleges Indignant Area Professor (Popular Culture and Philosophy)
Paperback. Editor(s): Kaye, Sharon M. Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GBCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 460.
The Onion, with its unique brand of deadpan satirical humor, has become a familiar part of the American scene. The newspaper has a readership of over a million, and it reaches millions more with its spin-off books and The Onion News Network. The Onion has shown us that standard ways of thinking about the news have their grotesque and silly side, and this invites philosophical examination. Twenty-one philosophers were commissioned to figure out just what makes the Onion so truthful and insightful. Are the Onion writers truly cynical, or just cynically faking it? Does the Onion really have a serious ... Read more
The Onion, with its unique brand of deadpan satirical humor, has become a familiar part of the American scene. The newspaper has a readership of over a million, and it reaches millions more with its spin-off books and The Onion News Network. The Onion has shown us that standard ways of thinking about the news have their grotesque and silly side, and this invites philosophical examination. Twenty-one philosophers were commissioned to figure out just what makes the Onion so truthful and insightful. Are the Onion writers truly cynical, or just cynically faking it? Does the Onion really have a serious ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Open Court
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
Popular Culture and Philosophy
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780812696875
SKU
V9780812696875
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