Humour: A Very Short Introduction

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Humour: A Very Short Introduction
37,00 lei

Categorii: Diverse

Limba: Engleza

Data publicării: 2014

Editura: Oxford University Press

Tip copertă: Paperback

Nr Pag: 144

Colectie: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780199552221

Dimensiuni: l: 11.4cm | H: 17.3cm | 0.9cm

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Humour: A Very Short Introduction
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Humour has been discovered in every known human culture and thinkers have discussed it for over two thousand years. Humour can serve many functions; it can be used to relieve stress, to promote goodwill among strangers, to dissipate tension within a fractious group, to display intelligence, and some have even claimed that it improves health and fights sickness. In this Very Short Introduction Noel Carroll examines the leading theories of humour including The Superiority Theory and The Incongruity Theory. He considers the relation of humour to emotion and cognition, and explores the value of humour, specifically in its social functions. He argues that humour, and the comic amusement that follows it, has a crucial role to play in the construction of communities, but he also demonstrates that the social aspect of humour raises questions such as 'When is humour immoral?' and 'Is laughing at immoral humour itself immoral?'.

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