Laughter and Ridicule

Laughter and Ridicule

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2005-10-03

Type: BOOK

Both a significant work of scholarship and a novel contribution to the understanding of the humourous, this is a seriously engaging book' - David Inglis, University of Aberdeen This delightful book tackles the prevailing assumption that ...


Uncivil Mirth

Uncivil Mirth

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2021-04-13

Type: BOOK

Uncivil Mirth examines how leading thinkers of the period searched for a humane form of ridicule, one that served the causes of religious toleration, the abolition of the slave trade, and the dismantling of patriarchal power.


Cruelty and Laughter

Cruelty and Laughter

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2011-12

Type: BOOK

A rollicking review of popular culture in 18th century Britain this text turns away from sentimental and polite literature to focus instead on the jestbooks, farces, comic periodicals variety shows and minor comic novels that portray a ...


Laughter and Ridicule

Laughter and Ridicule

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2005-07-19

Type: BOOK

... laughter in a new theoretical direction . They jointly indicate the disciplinary functions of laughter . The first observation , or fact , is that laughter is human . We laugh princi- pally at humans , and ... Laughter and Ridicule.


Don Quixote in England

Don Quixote in England

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 1998

Type: BOOK

In this comprehensive study of the reception and conversion of Don Quixote in England, Ronald Paulson highlights the qualities of the novel that most attracted English imitators.


Laughter, Humor, and Comedy in Ancient Philosophy

Laughter, Humor, and Comedy in Ancient Philosophy

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Type: BOOK

This volume explores themes that were important for ancient philosophers: the psychology of laughter, the ethical and social norms governing laughter and humor, and the philosophical uses of humor and comedic technique.


The Politics of Laughter in the Social Media Age

The Politics of Laughter in the Social Media Age

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 2022-11-18

Type: BOOK

This is a hard headed take which is as much about the robust ridiculing of the pretensions of postcolonial regimes, as about the dangers of the accelerated dispersion of prejudice and stereotype. A timely and exigent intervention”.


Philosophy, Humor, and the Human Condition

Philosophy, Humor, and the Human Condition

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2019-12-19

Type: BOOK

This book presents an original worldview, Homo risibilis, wherein self-referential humor is proposed as the path leading from a tragic view of life to a liberating embrace of human ridicule.


The Game of Humor

The Game of Humor

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Type: BOOK

This book will also be valuable to professionals in communication and information studies, sociologists, literary critics and linguists, and psychologists concerned with the conflicts and tensions of everyday life.


Logically Fallacious

Logically Fallacious

Publisher: eBookIt.com

Published: 2012-02-19

Type: BOOK

This book is a crash course in effective reasoning, meant to catapult you into a world where you start to see things how they really are, not how you think they are.