Title: Approaching Political Satire from a Mixture of Explanatory Principles: Understanding, Consistency, Hedonic, and Eudaimonic Perspectives

Lecturer: Prof. Lance Holbert (University of South Carolina)

Date: 3.12.2013

Time: 12:15-13:45

Room: Rabin 7004

Abstract:

In the realm of political satire, different explanatory principles work off different assumptions, leading to different questions being asked from unique vantage points, and thus generating new knowledge. In this talk I will focus on four principles: understanding, consistency, hedonic, and eudaimonic perspectives. As all of these principles are possibilities for satire, they need to be explored in full.