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Comic Relief - 9781405196123

Un libro in lingua di John Morreall Mankoff Robert (FRW) edito da Blackwell Pub, 2009

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Why do we find something funny? The standard academic explanations have to do with superiority, incongruity, and/or psychological relief. None of these explanations account for humor satisfactorily, says Morreall (Religious Studies, College of William and Mary), a widely recognized expert on humor. In this often quite funny book, he develops a comprehensive philosophic theory that integrates psychological, aesthetic, and ethical aspects of humor. In this process, Morreall details the opposition between amusement and emotions; the cognitive and practical disengagement in humor; and the psychological and social benefits of humor. Philosophy has been wrong to ignore humor, the author argues, since the benefits of humor have a big overlap with the benefits of philosophy. While popular in style, Comic Relief is based on scholarly research. It should be of interest to anyone who has ever laughed. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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