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Humour and Cruelty. Volume 1, A Philosophical Exploration of the Humanities and Social Sciences (Hardcover)
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Humour and Cruelty. Volume 1, A Philosophical Exploration of the Humanities and Social Sciences (Hardcover)
Series: De Gruyter Studies in Philosophy of Humor
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Humor has been praised by philosophers and poets as a balm to
soothe the sorrows that outrageous fortune's slings and arrows
cause inevitably, if not incessantly, to each and every one of us.
In mundane life, having a sense of humor is seen not only as a
positive trait of character, but as a social prerequisite, without
which a person's career and mating prospects are severely
diminished, if not annihilated. However, humor is much more than
this, and so much else. In particular, humor can accompany cruelty,
inform it, sustain it, and exemplify it. Therefore, in this book,
we provide a comprehensive, reasoned exploration of the vast
literature on the concepts of humor and cruelty, as these have been
tackled in Western philosophy, humanities, and social sciences,
especially psychology. Also, the apparent cacophony of extant
interpretations of these two concepts is explained as the
inevitable and even useful result of the polysemy inherent to all
common-sense concepts, in line with the understanding of concepts
developed by M. Polanyi in the 20th century. Thus, a thorough,
nuanced grasp of their complex mutual relationship is established,
and many platitudes affecting today's received views, and
scholarship, are cast aside.
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