Political humor and satire are, perhaps, as old as comedy itself, and they are crucial to our society and collective sense of self. In a poignant, pithy, but not a ponderous manner, Al Gini and Abraham Singer delve into satire's history to rejoice in its triumphs and watch its development from ancient graffiti to the latest late night TV talk show.
Political humor and satire are, perhaps, as old as comedy itself, and they are crucial to our society and collective sense of self. In a poignant, pithy, but not a ponderous manner, Al Gini and Abraham Singer delve into satire's history to rejoice in its triumphs and watch its development from ancient graffiti to the latest late night TV talk show.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Al Gini is a Professor of Business Ethics and Chair of the Department of Management in the School of Business Administration at Loyola University Chicago. He is also the cofounder and long time Associate Editor of Business Ethics Quarterly, the journal of the Society for Business Ethics. For over twenty-three years he has been the Resident Philosopher on National Public Radio's Chicago affiliate, WBEZ-FM, and he regularly lectures to community and professional organizations on issues of business and ethics. His books include: My Job My Self: Work and the Creation of the Modern Individual (Routledge, 2000); The Importance of Being Lazy: In Praise of Play, Leisure and Vacations (Routledge, 2003); Why It's Hard to Be Good (Routledge, 2006); and, most recently, he helped to edit and wrote the prologues for The Seven Deadly Sins Sampler (The Great Books Foundation, 2007) and Even Deadlier: A Sequel (The Great Books Foundation, 2009).
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Prologue: We Can't Do Without Satire! Section I: The Satirical Imperative What Came First, the Fart Joke or the Political Joke?The 7 Social Functions of Satire.Section II: There's More Than One Way to Speak Truth to Power "We Hold These Punchlines to be Self-Evident." Black Comedy: Dark Humor. Women and Comedy: The Personal is Satirical."Why'd you have to choose us?" On Jews and Their Jokes.It's Not Fake News! Political Humor after Jon Stewart.Section III: The Ethics of Satire Punch Up? A Sorta (Groucho) Marxist CritiqueAmerica the Satirical: Do We Joke Too Much?Conclusion
Prologue: We Can't Do Without Satire! Section I: The Satirical Imperative What Came First, the Fart Joke or the Political Joke?The 7 Social Functions of Satire.Section II: There's More Than One Way to Speak Truth to Power "We Hold These Punchlines to be Self-Evident." Black Comedy: Dark Humor. Women and Comedy: The Personal is Satirical."Why'd you have to choose us?" On Jews and Their Jokes.It's Not Fake News! Political Humor after Jon Stewart.Section III: The Ethics of Satire Punch Up? A Sorta (Groucho) Marxist CritiqueAmerica the Satirical: Do We Joke Too Much?Conclusion
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