Humour and Cruelty. / Volume 2, : Dangerous Liaisons / / Giorgio Baruchello, Ársæll Már Arnarsson.
Humor and cruelty can be the best of friends. Many cruel domains have facilitated hilarity of all kinds, whether experienced directly or vicariously, stretching from the torture chamber to the living room—or wherever else a screen is to be found. Conversely, many jests have provided the vehicle with...
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2023] ©2023 |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Language: | English |
Series: | De Gruyter Studies in Philosophy of Humor ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (IX, 483 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Preliminary Remarks -- 1 A Tale of Two Concepts -- 2 Humorous Cruelty -- 3 Cruel Humour -- 4 Dangerous Liaisons -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | Humor and cruelty can be the best of friends. Many cruel domains have facilitated hilarity of all kinds, whether experienced directly or vicariously, stretching from the torture chamber to the living room—or wherever else a screen is to be found. Conversely, many jests have provided the vehicle with which to dispense cruelty, whether callously or gleefully, in myriad settings, from public events to intimate family dinners. Combining the sources and resources of the humanities and social sciences, this book investigates the mutually supportive liaisons of humor and cruelty. We unearth the brutal, aggressive, and/or sadomasochistic roots of mockery and self-mockery, sarcasm and satire, whilst addressing contemporary debates in humor studies focusing on the thorny ethics and existential challenges arising from the acceptance of the much-appreciated yet seldom innocent channel for human interaction called "humor." "Like Aristotle and Dewey, Arnarsson and Baruchello do not define their terms at the outset, but instead they relentlessly pursue the meanings of two ordinary words that everyone vaguely understads to arrive at a critical insight into the concepts these words represent, which are both disparate and interrelated." - Richard Marc Rubin, President, George Santayana Society |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110759846 9783111175782 9783111319292 9783111318912 9783111319223 9783111318646 |
ISSN: | 2699-3481 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110759846 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Giorgio Baruchello, Ársæll Már Arnarsson. |