| On Humour Contributor(s): Critchley, Simon (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415251214 ISBN-13: 9780415251211 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $33.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2002 Annotation: "On Humour" is a fascinating and beautifully written book on what philosophy can tell us about humor and about what it is to be human. Simon Critchley probes some of the most perennial features of humor, such as our tendency to laugh at animals and our bodies, why we mock death with comedy and why we think it's funny when people start to act like machines. He also looks as the darker side of humor, as when rife with sexism and racism, and shows how humor might remind us of people we would rather not be. Above all, Simon Critchley argues that humor can tell us much about the human condition, the meaning of life and why comedy itself begins in philosophy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Humanism - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Philosophy | Criticism |
| Dewey: 128.3 |
| LCCN: 2002021999 |
| Series: Thinking in Action |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5.06" W x 7.8" (0.34 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Does humour make us human, or do the cats and dogs laugh along with us? On Humour is a fascinating, beautifully written and funny book on what humour can tell us about being human. Simon Critchley skilfully probes some of the most perennial but least understood aspects of humour, such as our tendency to laugh at animals and our bodies, why we mock death with comedy and why we think it's funny when people act like machines. He also looks at the darker side of humour, as rife in sexism and racism and argues that it is important for reminding us of people we would rather not be. |