#10 Humor As Resistance: Lessons from Ancient Greece
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This episode explores the use of humor as a tool of political resistance in ancient Greece, focusing on the works of Aristophanes during a time of war.
Comments? Send me a text message. In this episode, I trace the origins of humor as a tool of political resistance to fifth-century Athens, where the playwright Aristophanes used comedy to mock warmongering leaders, puncture male vanity, and make the case for peace — in front of thousands of citizens, at the height of a ruinous war. Drawing on the history of Aristophanes' two great anti-war plays — The Knights and Lysistrata — the episode explores what humor can do that marches, lawsuits...
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