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Week 11: The Farce of Politics (26 November)

Karl Marx, “Chapter 1” The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte:
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ch01.htm

Theodor Adorno, “Juvenal’s Error,” Minima Moralia, trans. Jephcott (London: Verso, 2005), 209-212.

Michel Foucault, Excerpt from Abnormal: Lectures at the Collège de France (New York: Verso, 2003), 11-13.

Emily Nussbaum, “How Jokes Won the Election” The New Yorker (23/1/2017):
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/23/how-jokes-won-the-election

Brian Logan, “Arrest that comedian! How satire could swing the UK election,” (2/6/17):
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/jun/02/arrest-that-comedian-how-satire-couldswing-
the-uk-election

Ned Resnikoff, “We’re living in The Thick of It,” The Baffler (24/7/2017):
https://thebaffler.com/latest/thick-of-it-resnikoff

Monday November 26, 2018 am432

The Farce of High School Elections by Amanda McAfee

Monday November 26, 2018 Taylor Holliday

How Tina Fey used SNL to spread the Truth- Taylor Holliday

Monday November 26, 2018 Tony Heron

Can comedy change anything? Brian Logan and Chris Rock (Tony blog 8)

Sunday November 25, 2018 cmbc

From Waldo to Trump: Comedy’s Political Power

Saturday November 24, 2018 ds227

“South Park continues the on path of rebuttal” by Jessy Stanley

Saturday November 24, 2018Saturday November 24, 2018 sc270

‘South Park’ and the Validity of Satire (Stewart Clark)

Friday November 23, 2018 Sophie Hill

Parks and Recreation and the Political Climate

Friday November 23, 2018Friday November 23, 2018 Mado

The farce of french politics revisited

Friday November 23, 2018Friday November 23, 2018 lv28

Springtime for Trump (Lilja Valtonen)

Friday November 23, 2018Friday November 23, 2018 hrp2

The Age of the Despicable Sovereign (Harriet Pollard)

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