Binding: Paperback
Description: 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 point of view on religion? On sex? On politics? Who cares what Area Man thinks? If everyone's so dumb how come so many Onion readers keep on laughing at how dumb they are?
Title: The Onion And Philosophy Fake News Story True Alleges Indignant Area Professor
Brand: Cricket Books A Division Of Carus Publishing Co
Barcode: 9780812696875
Pages: 320 Pages, Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 12/1/2010
Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy
Category: Serials, Periodicals, Abstracts, Indexes