- Offers an enlightening and accessible foray into the serious business of humor
- Reveals how standard theories of humor fail to explain its true nature and actually support traditional prejudices against humor as being antisocial, irrational, and foolish
- Argues that humor s benefits overlap significantly with those of philosophy
- Includes a foreword by Robert Mankoff, Cartoon Editor of The New Yorker
Comic Relief: A Comprehensive Philosophy of Humor (New Directions in Aesthetics, No. 9)
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Author(s)John Morreall, Robert Mankoff,
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
ISBN / ASIN1405196122
ISBN-139781405196123
Sales Rank421,392
CategoryLiterary Criticism
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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Comic Relief: A Comprehensive Philosophy of Humor develops an inclusive theory that integrates psychological, aesthetic, and ethical issues relating to humor
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