Dave Chappelle and Philosophy: When Keeping It Wrong Gets Real

This book contains 25 essays that explore comedian Dave Chappelle in the context of philosophy. Philosophers and others from North America and Europe discuss why he can't be canceled, his comedic irony, whether he is a good role model, his relationship to Ayn Rand, his work as positive propaganda, his jokes about the LGBTQ+ community, whether he is a feminist, whether he is a revolutionary comedian, and his comedy in terms of ignorance, gender roles, identity, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, morality, Sigmund Freud, truth, phenomenology, Saint Augustine, authenticity, absurdity, and other aspects. Annotation ©2021 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
The New York Times have praised Dave Chappelle as “an American folk hero” for his ability to communicate across lines of race, class, and culture at a time when Americans are more polarized than they have ever been. Dave Chappelle and Philosophy brings together twenty-five chapters by philosophers of diverse backgrounds and varying points of view, looking closely at the hilarious, annoying, exhilarating, upsetting, and thought-provoking aspects of Chappelle’s wonderfully rich output. This volume of the Series serves as an invitation to think about some of the most urgent moral and political questions of our time. The New York Times has praised Dave Chappelle as “an American folk hero” for his ability to communicate across lines of race, class, and culture at a time when Americans are more polarized than they have ever been.Dave Chappelle and Philosophy brings together twenty-five chapters by philosophers of diverse backgrounds and varying points of view, looking closely at the hilarious, annoying, exhilarating, upsetting, and thought-provoking aspects of Chappelle’s wonderfully rich output. This volume of the Pop Culture and Philosophy Series serves as an invitation to think about some of the most urgent moral and political questions of our time.