Stephen Colbert and Philosophy - Aaron Allen Schiller [1]
Colbert Catharsis
Give the Id a Chance
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Absurd
Ironic Inquisition
ThreatDown: Taming the Bear Within
Moving On
Chapter 13 - Why Mr. Colbert Should Be President
Why They Try to Keep Our Man Down
Nietzsche’s Super-Man Philosophy
The Sheep (aka The South Carolina Democratic Executive Council)
What Mr. Colbert Got Right and Nietzsche Got Wrong
Why Christianity Is Tougher than All Those Other Religions
What Mr. Colbert Has Taught Us (Besides Everything)
FINAL SEGMENT - What Stephen Colbert Tells Us about Being America
Chapter 14 - Colorblindness and Black Friends in Stephen Colbert’s America
People Tell Me I’m White
Some of My Best Friends Are Black
Stephen’s License to Offend
Claiming Rights, Shirking Responsibilities
Truthiness and the Denial of Responsibility
Chapter 15 - The Wealth of Colbert Nations
The Marketplace: Free or Freest?
The Academy: Left or Leftest?
Why Socrates Thinks Stephen Is Wrong
I’m Done: But The Editor Expects Some Sort of Fancy Conclusion
Chapter 16 - Freedom Isn’t Free, but Freem Is
Keeping America Freem
Find the Cost of Freemdom …
… And the Truth Shall Set You Freem?
Born Freem?
Doing Nothing Is Still Doing Something
Who Watches the Watchers?
TAKE THE ISHIHARA RACE TEST
Citizens of the Colbert Nation
Factinista’s Choice
Copyright Page
Popular Culture and Philosophy® Series Editor: George A. Reisch
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about Everything and Nothing
(2000)
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The Simpsons and Philosophy: The
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VOLUME 3
The Matrix and Philosophy:
Welcome to the Desert of the Real
(2002)
VOLUME 4
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and
Philosophy: Fear and Trembling
in Sunnydale (2003)
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The Lord of the Rings and
Philosophy: One Book to Rule
Them All (2003)
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Thinking Outside the Batter’s Box
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Woody Allen and Philosophy:
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Harry Potter and Philosophy:
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Superheroes and Philosophy:
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The Chronicles of Narnia
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Hip Hop and Philosophy: Rhyme 2
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Alright Ma (I’m Only Thinking)
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Full-Throttle Aristotle (2006)
Edited by Bernard E. Rollin,
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VOLUME 19
Monty Python and Philosophy:
Nudge Nudge, Think Think! (2006)
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George A Reisch
VOLUME 20
Poker and Philosophy: Pocket
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James Bond and Philosophy:
Questions Are Forever (2006)
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Jacob M. Held
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Every Time (2006) Edited by Gary
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Nothing You Can Think that
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