{"product_id":"comedy-against-work-madeline-lane-mckinley-9781942173700","title":"Comedy Against Work: Utopian Longing in Dystopian Times","description":"\u003cb\u003eWork is a joke. Laughing at it is political.\u003c\/b\u003eHumor, Groucho Marx asserted, is \"reason gone mad.\" For Walter Benjamin, laughter was \"the most revolutionary emotion.\" In a moment when great numbers of people are reevaluating their commitment to the hellscape we call \"work,\" what does it mean to take comedy seriously--and to turn it against work?Both philosophically brilliant and deeply personal, \u003ci\u003eComedy Against Work\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates how laughing about work can puncture the pretensions of tyrannical bosses while uniting us around a commitment to radically new ways of making the world together. At the same time, Lane-McKinley exposes a war at the heart of contemporary comedy between those who see comedy as a weapon for punching down and those whose laughter points to social transformation. From stand-up to sitcoms, podcasts to late night, comedy reveals our longing to subvert power, escape the prison of work, and envision the joys of a liberated world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Madeline Lane-McKinley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1942173709\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942173700\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Common Notions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Madeline Lane-McKinley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074316890367,"sku":"9781942173700","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9a854ede-b944-48cb-bf0e-2ff4f48cb249.jpg?v=1685453052","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/comedy-against-work-madeline-lane-mckinley-9781942173700","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}