Volume 3 Laughing Matters: Theses and Discussions

Giorgio Baruchello; Ársæll Már Arnarsson

Published by De Gruyter 2024

Volume 3 Laughing Matters

Theses and Discussions

Giorgio Baruchello and Ársæll Már Arnarsson

Part of the multi-volume work Humour and Cruelty

Volume 3/2 in the series De Gruyter Studies in Philosophy of Humor

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111256108

Overview
Contents

About this book

Part 2 of Volume 3 addresses in detail the conflicts between humor and cruelty, i.e., how cruelty can be unleashed against humor and, conversely, humor can be utilized against cruelty. Potent enmities to mirth and jollity are retrieved from a variety of socio-historical contexts, ranging from Europe’s medieval monasteries to the 2015 Charlie Hebdo massacre. Special attention is paid to the cruel humor and humorous cruelty arising thereof, insofar as such phenomena can reveal critical aspects of today’s neoliberal socio-economic order. In parallel, settings where humor has been used as an instrument to cope with suffered cruelty, whether natural or human in origin, are also retrieved and discussed. These also vary greatly and encompass domains such as hospital wards, 20^th-century Jewish ghettoes, and contemporary funeral homes. A set of concluding reflections is then offered on the psychological, theological, ethical, and metaphysical roots of humor—and its cruel rejection.

"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

Author / Editor information

Giorgio Baruchello, University of Akureyri, Akureyri, Iceland; Ársæll Már Arnarsson, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Brief Remarks on Part 2 of Volume 3 Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
1 Cruelty Against Humour Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Humour Against Cruelty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
3 Concluding Remarks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	266
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	347
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	413

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars and students in philosophy and psychology, institutes, libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 416
Keywords: Cruelty; humour; paradox; sex

eBook

Published: November 6, 2023
ISBN: 9783111256108

Hardcover

Published: November 6, 2023
ISBN: 9783111254555