Rhetoric, Humor, and the Public Sphere: From Socrates to Stephen Colbert

By Elizabeth Benacka

Book Overview

The Rhetorical Function of Humor in the Public Sphere advances an understanding about how humor functions persuasively in the public sphere as a means to ignite deliberative democracy, a tradition that dates back to Socrates and continues with Stephen Colbert.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498519881
• ISBN13: 9781498519885
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"