UID:
almahu_9949386682002882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9780429506116
,
0429506112
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0429000871
,
9780429000867
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0429000863
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9780429000850
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0429000855
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9780429000874
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in twentieth-century philosophy
Content:
"This book investigates the role of humor in the good life, specifically as discussed by three prominent French intellectuals who were influenced by Nietzsche's thought: Georges Bataille, Gilles Deleuze, and Clément Rosset. Lydia Amir begins by discussing Nietzsche's reception in France, and she explains why and how he came to be considered a "philosopher of laughter" in the French academe. Each of the subsequent three chapters focuses on the significance of humor and laughter in the good life as advocated by Bataille, Deleuze, and Rosset. These chapters also explore the complex relationship between the comic and the tragic, and of humor and laughter to irony, satire, and ridicule. The Legacy of Nietzsche's Philosophy of Laughter makes an invaluable contribution to recent interpretive work done on Bataille and Deleuze, and offers further introduction to the relatively understudied Rosset. It illuminates the philosophies of these three thinkers, their connection to Nietzsche, and, overall, the significant role that humor plays in philosophy"--
Note:
Prologue: The French reception of Nietzsche as a philosopher of laughter -- Georges Bataille : the laughter of ecstasy -- Gilles Deleuze : the humor of affirmation -- Clément Rosset : the laughter of annihilation -- Concluding remarks : additional French twentieth-century views of laughter.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Amir, Lydia, 1955- The legacy of Nietzsche's philosophy of laughter New York, NY : Routledge, 2021. ISBN 9781138584280
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9780429506116
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429506116
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