The Sanity of Satire: Surviving Politics One Joke at a Time

Political humor and satire are, perhaps, as old as comedy itself, and they are crucial to our society and our collective sense of self. Satire is confrontational. It’s about pushback, dissent, discord, disappointment, and demonstrating the absurdity of the status quo. This book is an attempt to explore how these aspects of satire help secure our sanity.

Aristotle famously said that humans are naturally political animals. We need political community to flourish and live good lives. But polit...