Redeeming laughter : the comic dimension of human experience /
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 i...
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| 505 | 0 | |a Overview; Preface; Prefatory Remarks, Self-Serving Explanations, and Unsolicited Compliments; Prologue; Part I: Anatomy of the Comic; 1 The Comic Intrusion; 2 Philosophers of the Comic, and the Comedy of Philosophy; 3 Laughing Monks: A Very Brief Sinitic Interlude; 4 Homo Ridens: Physiology and Psychology; 5 Homo Ridiculus: Social Constructions of the Comic; 6 Interlude: Brief Reflections on Jewish Humor; Part II: Comic Forms of Expression; 7 The Comic as Diversion: Benign Humor; 8 The Comic as Consolation: Tragicomedy; 9 The Comic as Game of Intellect: Wit; 10 The Comic as Weapon: Satire. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 11 Interlude: The Eternal Return of FollyPart III: Toward a Theology of the Comic; 12 The Folly of Redemption; 13 Interlude: On Grim Theologians; 14 The Comic as a Signal of Transcendence; Epilogue. | |
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
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