Politics Is a Serious Matter: On Laughter and Play as Means of Persuasion

• In Event: Applying Political Theory to Latin American Politics

Brief Overview

This paper makes an argument about the merits of non-deliberative modes of engagement, modes premised on the rejection of the seriousness of the claim of the other, and on turning the point of contention and anger into something playful.

Author

• Yuna Blajer de la Garza, Loyola University Chicago