Description: Humour and Cruelty : Dangerous Liaisons, Hardcover by Baruchello, Giorgio; Arnarsson, Ársæll Már, ISBN 3110759772, ISBN-13 9783110759778, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Humor and cruelty can be the best of friends. Many cruel domains have facilitated hilarity of all kinds, whether experienced directly or vicariously, stretching from the torture chamber to the living room—or wherever else a screen is to be found. Conversely, many jests have provided the vehicle with which to dispense cruelty, whether callously or gleefully, in myriad settings, from public events to intimate family dinners. Combining the sources and resources of the humanities and social sciences, this book investigates the mutually supportive liaisons of humor and cruelty. We unearth the brutal, aggressive, and/or sadomasochistic roots of mockery and self-mockery, sarcasm and satire, whilst addressing contemporary debates in humor studies focusing on the thorny ethics and existential challenges arising from the acceptance of the much-appreciated yet seldom innocent channel for human interaction called "humor." "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
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Book Title: Humour and Cruelty : Dangerous Liaisons
Number of Pages: 492 Pages
Publication Name: Dangerous Liaisons
Language: English
Publisher: DE Gruyter Gmbh, Walter
Publication Year: 2023
Subject: General, History & Surveys / Modern, Political
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 29.3 Oz
Item Length: 9.1 in
Author: Giorgio Baruchello, Ársæll Már Arnarsson
Subject Area: Philosophy
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: De Gruyter Studies in Philosophy of Humor Ser.
Format: Hardcover
