All Too Human

Laughter, Humor, and Comedy in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-030-08227-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 198 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 330 g

Reihe: Boston Studies in Philosophy, Religion and Public Life

Is the only book dealing with philosophies of humor, comedy, and laughter in the 19 Century

Helps distinguish among aesthetic categories such as humor, comedy, laughter, irony, wit, and satire

Considers compelling and under-researched questions in the dynamic history of 19 Century philosophy

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moland, Lydia L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 19. Jahrhundert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction (Lydia Moland).- Chapter 2. The Ends of Art: Hegel on Comedy and Humor from Aristophanes to Jean Paul (Lydia Moland).- Chapter 3. Schlegel on Humor and Comedy (Katia Hay).- Chapter 4. Jean Paul on Humor (William Coker).- Chapter 5. Caricature, Philosophy and the Aesthetics of the Ugly: Some Questions for Rosenkranz (Allen Speight).- Chapter 6. Humor as Redemption in the Pessimistic Philosophy of Julius Bahnsen (Frederick Beiser).- Chapter 7. Schopenhauer’s Incongruity Theory of Humor (Robert Wicks).- Chapter 8. ‘What Time Is It?.Eternity’: Kierkegaard’s Socratic Use of Hegel’s Insights on Romantic Humor (Marcia Robinson).- Chapter 9. Jest as Humility: Kierkegaard and the Possibility of Virtue (John Lippitt).- Chapter 10. The Divine Hanswurst: Nietzsche on Laughter and Comedy (Matthew Meyer).- Chapter 11. Bergson’s On Laughter (Keith Ansell-Pearson).

Über Autor(innen)

Lydia L. Moland is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Colby College.  She is the author of "Hegel on Political Identity: Patriotism, National Identity, Cosmopolitanism" and of numerous articles on Hegel’s political philosophy and philosophy of art.  She has been a recipient of fellowships from the American Academy of Berlin, the DAAD, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.