Umfang:
Online-Ressource (XXI, 201 S.)
Ausgabe:
2. Aufl., 2nd ed.
Ausgabe:
2014
ISBN:
9783110354010
Inhalt:
Main description: Amid the variety of human experiences, the comic occupies a distinctive place. It is simultaneously ubiquitous, relative, and fragile. In this book, Peter L. Berger reflects on the nature of the comic and its relationship to other human experiences. Originally published in 1997, the second edition includes a new preface reflecting on Berger’s work in the intervening years, particularly on the relationship between humor and modernity.
Inhalt:
Biographical note: Peter L. Berger, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
Anmerkung:
FrontmatterOverviewPrefacePrefatory Remarks, Self-Serving Explanations, and Unsolicited ComplimentsPrologue1. The Comic Intrusion2. Philosophers of the Comic, and the Comedy of Philosophy3. Laughing Monks: A Very Brief Sinitic Interlude4. Homo Ridens: Physiology and Psychology5. Homo Ridiculus: Social Constructions of the Comic6. Interlude: Brief Reflections on Jewish Humor7. The Comic as Diversion: Benign Humor8. The Comic as Consolation: Tragicomedy9. The Comic as Game of Intellect: Wit10. The Comic as Weapon: Satire11. Interlude: The Eternal Return of Folly12. The Folly of Redemption13. Interlude: On Grim Theologians14. The Comic as a Signal of TranscendenceEpilogue.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9783110387667
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9783110354003
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Komparatistik. Außereuropäische Sprachen/Literaturen
Schlagwort(e):
Humor
;
Religion
DOI:
10.1515/9783110354003
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