Laughter, Humor, and Comedy in Ancient Philosophy
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- Kiadó OUP USA
- Megjelenés dátuma 2019. október 16.
- ISBN 9780190460549
- Kötéstípus Keménykötés
- Terjedelem304 oldal
- Méret 236x163x27 mm
- Súly 590 g
- Nyelv angol 12
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Rövid leírás:
Ancient philosophers were very interested in questions about laughter, humor and comedy. They theorized about laughter and its causes, moralized about the appropriate uses of humor and what it is appropriate to laugh at, and wrote treaties on comedic composition. This volume explores themes that were important for ancient philosophers: the psychology of laughter, the ethical and social norms governing laughter and humor, and the philosophical uses of humor and comedic technique.
TöbbHosszú leírás:
Ancient philosophers considered question about laughter, humor, and comedy to be both philosophically interesting and important. They theorized about laughter and its causes, moralized about the appropriate uses of humor and what it is appropriate to laugh at, and wrote treaties on comedic composition. They were often merciless in ridiculing their opponents' positions, borrowing comedic devices and techniques from comic poetry and drama to do so.
This volume is organized around three sets of questions that illuminate the philosophical concerns and corresponding range of answers found in ancient philosophy. The first set investigates the psychology of laughter. What is going on in our minds when we laugh? What background conditions must be in place for laughter to occur? Is laughter necessarily hostile or derisive? The second set of questions concerns the ethical and social norms governing laughter and humor. When is it appropriate or inappropriate to laugh? Does laughter have a positive social function? Is there a virtue, or excellence, connected to laugher and humor? The third set of questions concerns the philosophical uses of humor and comedic technique. Do philosophers use humor exclusively in criticizing rivals, or can it play a positive educational role as well? If it can, how does philosophical humor communicate its philosophical content? This volume does not aim to settle these fascinating questions but more importantly to start a conversation about them, and serve as a reference point for discussions of laughter, humor, and comedy in ancient philosophy.
... this is a valuable collection on an important and largely neglected topic. It avoids needless invective and polemic, and it is inclusive in the variety of approaches that are discussed. Modern theories come in for mention, but the primary focus is on the ancient texts and the complex engagement with wit, both cutting and convivial, that they exhibit.
Tartalomjegyzék:
Introduction, Pierre Destrée and Franco V. Trivigno
Part I. The Psychology of Laughter
1. Plato on Laughter and Moral Harm, Franco V. Trivigno
2. Aristotle on Why We Laugh at Jokes, Pierre Destrée
3. The Laughing Philosopher and the Physician: Laughter, Diagnosis and Therapy in Greek Medicine, R.J. Hankinson
4. Divine and Human Laughter in later Platonism, Malcolm Heath
Part II. The Ethical and Social Significance of Laugher and Humor
5. Aristotle on Wittiness, Matthew D. Walker
6. Laughter, Social Norms and Ethics in Cicero's Works, Charles Guérin
7. Laughter and the Moral Guide: Dio Chrysostom and Plutarch, Michael Trapp
Part III. The Use of Humor and Comedy in Philosophical Discourse
8. Self-Ridicule: Socratic Wisdom, Paul Woodruff
9. Ridicule and Protreptic: Plato, His Reader and the Role of Comedy in Inquiry, Mary Margaret McCabe
10. Humor as Philosophical Subversion, Especially in the Skeptics, Richard Bett
11. Philosophy is Great Fun! Laughter in Epicureanism, Geert Roskam
12. The Mouse, the Moneybox, and the Six-Footed Scurrying Solecism: Satire and Riddles in Seneca's Philosophy, Margaret Graver
13. Diogenes vs. Demonax: Laughter as Philosophy in Lucian, Inger N.I. Kuin
