Political Humor: From Aristophanes to Sam ErvinFairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1977 - 349 من الصفحات Presents and seeks to explain the variety of humor in democratic politics. The humor ranges from the bawdy political comedies of Aristophanes in ancient Athens to the journalistic satires of our daily newspapers, and includes the jokes and comic invective of the people and their politicians. |
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الصفحة 27
... says that the child's recognition of incongruity in the awkward movements of the clown or the abnormal be- havior or appearance of his fellows is drawn from an appli- cation of a standard of normality , subjectively derived . The child ...
... says that the child's recognition of incongruity in the awkward movements of the clown or the abnormal be- havior or appearance of his fellows is drawn from an appli- cation of a standard of normality , subjectively derived . The child ...
الصفحة 28
... say that caricatures and satires have their roots in childish mimesis . Pure imitation of someone or some- thing is in the adult replaced by selective interpretation of certain of its features . The thing in itself is intentionally dis ...
... say that caricatures and satires have their roots in childish mimesis . Pure imitation of someone or some- thing is in the adult replaced by selective interpretation of certain of its features . The thing in itself is intentionally dis ...
الصفحة 30
... say he is naked because that ap- proach fails to offer an alternative . " " Besides , " said a second wise man , " How can you be so sure that the Emperor doesn't have access to material that we don't have ? What you're really objecting ...
... say he is naked because that ap- proach fails to offer an alternative . " " Besides , " said a second wise man , " How can you be so sure that the Emperor doesn't have access to material that we don't have ? What you're really objecting ...
الصفحة 40
... says to the other , " What I can't stand about this place is that there are so damn many bleeding - heart liberals up here . " In this one- liner , the heavenly setting adds the spice of taboo to the stock ingredients of incongruity and ...
... says to the other , " What I can't stand about this place is that there are so damn many bleeding - heart liberals up here . " In this one- liner , the heavenly setting adds the spice of taboo to the stock ingredients of incongruity and ...
الصفحة 45
... say that my boisterous friend does not always make inquiries which properly come under that head . He says he is afflicted with headaches , at which I don't wonder , as it is a well - known fact that nature abhors a vacuum , and takes ...
... say that my boisterous friend does not always make inquiries which properly come under that head . He says he is afflicted with headaches , at which I don't wonder , as it is a well - known fact that nature abhors a vacuum , and takes ...
المحتوى
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Socrates Sage Satyr Wherein the wise man becomes clown | 79 |
Republic Divine Comedy Wherein philosophy becomes comical | 98 |
Lincoln Satyr Statesman Wherein satyr serves state | 140 |
Comic Sages of Common Sense Wherein sagacity clowns politically | 196 |
American Politics Comic Warfare Wherein words war and make peace | 246 |
Positive Negativity the Comic Political Drama Wherein nay is yea and drama mans reality | 297 |
Bibliography | 335 |
Index | 337 |
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Political Humor: From Aristophanes to Sam Ervin <span dir=ltr>Charles E. Schutz</span> لا تتوفر معاينة - 1978 |
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
Abraham Lincoln aggression Agoracritus Alcibiades American political humor anti-political Aristophanes asked audience become Boykin campaign Civil Cleon Clouds comic invective comic rationality comic sages comic story common contradiction contradictoriness conventional criticism democracy democratic democratic politics Demos dialogue divine comedy divine fool Dooley doublethink drama of politics earthly election Finley Peter Dunne Glaucon Goldwater human humorist ical issue joke Jules Feiffer justice language laugh laughter Lincoln's humor logic Lysistrata man's moral myth myth of Er nature Nicolay obscene parody partisan party permission to quote phallic Phidippides philosopher Plato play Polemarchus poli political humor political invective politician popular President presidential reality replied Republic Republican rhetoric ridicule Sandburg satire satyr Sausageman says Senator sense sion social society Socrates soul speech storytelling Strepsiades sublimated Symposium tell thim things thought Thrasymachus tics tion tive tophanes truth U.S. Senate vote wisdom wordplay words York
مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 171 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, "The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
الصفحة 171 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through his appointed time, he now wills to remove, and that he gives to both North and South this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to him?
الصفحة 180 - If both factions, or neither, shall abuse you, you will probably be about right. Beware of being assailed by one and praised by the other.
الصفحة 175 - As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy.
الصفحة 182 - No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention. Still less can he afford to take all the consequences, including die vitiating of his temper and the loss of self-control. Yield larger things to which you can show no more than equal right; and yield lesser ones though clearly your own. Better give your path to a dog than be bitten by him in contesting for the right. Even killing the dog would not cure the bite.
الصفحة 143 - Herewith is a little sketch, as you requested. There is not much of it, for the reason, I suppose, that there is not much of me.
الصفحة 198 - I don't dispute it; but since Laws are sometimes unreasonable in themselves, and therefore repealed, and others bear too hard on the Subject in particular Circumstances; and therefore there is left a Power...