The Politics and Psychoanalysis of Comedy

Author(s) : Robert Samuels

The Politics and Psychoanalysis of Comedy

Book Details

  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Published : 2023
  • Cover : Hardback
  • Pages : 192
  • Category :
    Psychoanalysis
  • Catalogue No : 97792
  • ISBN 13 : 9781666945744
  • ISBN 10 : 1666945749

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Libertarian Comedy: The Hidden Danger of the Joe Rogan Experience
2. The Office and the Political Humor of Centrist Narcissists
3. The Hidden Conservative: Dave Chappelle and the Trap of Assimilation
4. Curb Your Liberalism
5. The Limits of Left-Wing Humor: Hannah Gadsby, Comedic Journalism, and the Misunderstanding of Freud
6. Don’t Look Up: Maybe Politics Needs to Be Serious

Bibliography
Index
About the Author

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