At least they had an ethos: Comedy as the only possible critique

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I argue that the uniqueness of comedy lies in its potential for social critique. Reading through Aristotle, Hegel, and Umberto Eco, I show that because comedy is not negative, not a counter-argument, it can expose social structures for what they are.

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10.1080/0969725x.2016.1205259

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Richard A. Lee Jr.
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