246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
235 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Mirror of Laughter presents a theory of humor and laughter by examining their relationship to human behaviors. Kozintsev is especially interested in the relationship between biological and cultural factors that influence behaviors. He divides his work into four chapters, the first of which establishes a theme of the book, focusing on the study of meaning from the perspective of philosophy... Read more
Preface 1. The Comical, or Imitation of Inferior People Incongruity, Degradation, and Self-Parody: The Implicit Narrator Subject and Object: Relation and Metarelation Funniness and Ridicule: An Essay on Nonentities Who is the Inferior Other? 2. The Origins Humor, Laughter, and the Brain From Tickling to Humor From Laughter to Humor Play-Challenge, or James Sully Redux 3. Play, Language, and Laughter Orderly Play as a Metaphor of Culture Disorderly Play as a Metaphor of Nature The Anti-Referential Function of Language Irony and Humor: The Two Ways of Playing with Signs Humor and Laughter as a Species Reaction4. Culture versus Nature Emotions, Reflexes, and Symbols Laughter and Evil: The History of a Misunderstanding Conclusions Index of Names Index of Subjects
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Alexander Kozintsev
