Irony in the Age of Empire: Comic Perspectives on Democracy and Freedom
by Cynthia Willett
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Comedy, from social ridicule to the unruly laughter of the carnival, provides effective tools for reinforcing social patterns of domination as well as weapons for emancipation. In Irony in the Age of Empire, Cynthia Willett asks: What could embody liberation better than laughter? Why do the oppressed laugh? What vision does the comic world prescribe? For Willett, the comic trumps standard liberal accounts of freedom by drawing attention to bodies, affects, and intimate relationships, topics show more which are usually neglected by political philosophy. Willett's philosophical reflection on comedy issues a powerful challenge to standard conceptions of freedom by proposing a new kind of freedom that is unapologetically feminist, queer, and multiracial. This book provides a wide-ranging, original, thoughtful, and expansive discussion of citizenship, social manners, and political freedom in our world today. show lessMembers
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Cynthia Willett is a professor of philosophy at Emory University and her books include Irony in the Age of Empire: Comic Perspectives on Freedom and Democracy; The Soul of Justice: Racial Hubris and Social Bonds; and Maternal Ethics and Other Slave Moralities.
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- Irony in the Age of Empire: Comic Perspectives on Democracy and Freedom
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- Fiction and Literature, Literature Studies and Criticism, Politics and Government, Philosophy
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- 809.917 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism History, description, critical appraisal of more than two literatures Literature displaying specific features, miscellaneous writings Literature displaying specific qualities of style, mood, viewpoint Comedy
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- PN1929 .P65 .W55 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Special types
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