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?

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Open Court
Published: 12/01/2010
ISBN: 9780812696875
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.92h x 6.12w x 0.63d

Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2011 pg. 228