By exploring the works of both Anthony Ashley Cooper, Third Earl of Shaftesbury, and Søren Kierkegaard, Lydia B. Amir finds a rich tapestry of ideas about the comic, the tragic, humor, and related concepts such as irony, ridicule, and wit. Amir focuses chiefly on these two think…
"An exploration of philosophical and religious ideas about humor in modern philosophy and their secular implications"--Provided by publisher
"This book investigates the role of humor in the good life, specifically as discussed by three prominent French intellectuals who were influenced by Nietzsche's thought: Georges Bataille, Gilles Deleuze, and Clément Rosset. Lydia Amir begins by discussing Nietzsche's reception i…
Prologue: The French reception of Nietzsche as a philosopher of laughter -- Georges Bataille : the laughter of ecstasy -- Gilles Deleuze : the humor of affirmation -- Clément Rosset : the laughter of annihilation -- Concluding remarks : additional French twentieth-century views …
