Why can't philosophers laugh?. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Katrin Froese.
• Authors: Froese, Katrin, 1970-
• Contents: Why Can't Philosophers Laugh?; Contents; 1 Introduction; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Part I European Perspectives; 2 We Have a Body!: Kant, Schopenhauer and Bergson; Laughter's Purposelessness without Purpose: Kant; A Willing Body: Schopenhauer; Movement and Flux: Bergson; Conclusion; Notes; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; 3 Redeeming Laughter in Nietzsche; The Tragic Overture to Laughter; Gay Science; Thus Spoke Zarathustra; Notes; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; 4 Humour and Finitude in Kierkegaard; Humour and Pathos; Humour and Religion; Notes; Primary Works Secondary WorksPart II Chinese Perspectives; 5 A Comic Confucius?; Li ? as a Source for Humour; Confucius's Situation; Confucius as a Comic Figure; Conclusion; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; 6 Humour as the Playful Sidekick to Language in the Zhuangzi; Notes; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; 7 Laughing for Nothing in Chan Buddhism; Patriarchs and Founding Narratives; "One Mind" and Conceptual Thought; The Nature of Opposites; Humour, Wordplay and Silence; Violence; Taking Nothing Seriously; Notes; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 128.37; Philosophy; Laughter -- Philosophy; Comic, The -- Philosophy; Wit and humor -- Philosophy; Laughter -- China; Laughter -- Europe; PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism; Laughter; Wit and humor -- Philosophy; Literary Criticism -- Asian -- General; Social Science -- General; History -- Asia -- China; Literature: history & criticism; Cultural studies; Asian history; Oriental literature; Philosophy -- General; Philosophy; China; Europe; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319550442; 3319550446
• Related ISBNs: 9783319550435; 3319550438
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 21, 2017).
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