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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.
List of contents
Why You Can't Cancel Dave Chappelle--Mark Ralkowski
I. When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong1. My Money, My Choice--Luis Felipe Bartolo Alegre
2. Is Dave Chappelle a Good Role Model?--Andy Wible
3. How Old is Fifteen, Really?--Dave Lyrewood
4. Who Is John Galt? Dave Chappelle!--Roger Hunt
II. Going Hard in the Paint5. A Master of Comedic Irony--Raymond Perrier
6. Dave Chappelle Knows Better than That--Mia Wood
7. Introduction to White Stupidity: Philosophy 101--Mukasa Mubirumusoke
8. Dave Chappelle's Positive Propaganda--Chris A. Kramer
III. Everything's Funny Until It Happens To You9. Blouses and Pancakes--Mona Rocha and James Rocha
10. Upsetting the Alphabet People--Zoe Walker
11. Is Dave Chappelle a Feminist?--Christopher M. Innes
12. Why Chappelle Needs to Get Over His #MeToo Headache--Neha Pande
IV. Overwhelmed by the Irony13. Clayton Bigsby and the Social Construction of the Self--Richard Bilsker
14. The Many Contradictions of Dave Chappelle--Duncan Gale
15. Well, Look No Further, Fella, You Found Me!--John V. Karativis
16. Dave Chappelle Meets Sigmund Freud--Dru Graham, Bennet Soenen, and Adam Barkman
V. Speaking Recklessly17. Revolution or Illusion?--Brandyn Heppard
18. Dave Chappelle Does Not Trust Us--Steven A. Benko and Scout Burch
19. Hard Truths and Dangerous Jokes--Lauren Olin
20. Dave Chappelle Says He Doesn't Mean It, So Just Shut Up Already--Steven Burgess
VI. Revealing People to Themselves21. Why Do You Feel Guilty for Loving Dave Chappelle?--Eliza Wizner
22. How Dave Chappelle and Saint Augustine Help Us See Ourselves--Conor W. Hanson
23. Original Gangsta--Marisa Diaz-Waian
24. How Dave Chappelle Uses Absurdity to Make Us Think--Alex R. Gillham
VII. Stand Back from the Elephant25. Dance Like Nobody's Watching--Mark Ralkowski
Bibliography
"The Worst Motherfuckers"
Index
About the author
Mark Ralkowski is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Honors at George Washington University. He edited Louis C.K. and Philosophy: You Don’t Get to Be Bored (2016) and Curb Your Enthusiasm and Philosophy: Awaken the Social Assassin Within (2012). He has written numerous scholarly works on Heidegger and on ancient Greek philosophy, the latest being Plato at Syracuse (2019).
Summary
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.
