Humor and the Good Life in Modern Philosophy
Shaftesbury, Hamann, Kierkegaard
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2014
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-1-4384-4937-1 (ISBN)
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-1-4384-4937-1 (ISBN)
An exploration of philosophical and religious ideas about humor in modern philosophy and their secular implications.
By exploring the works of both Anthony Ashley Cooper, Third Earl of Shaftesbury, and Søren Kierkegaard, Lydia B. Amir finds a rich tapestry of ideas about the comic, the tragic, humor, and related concepts such as irony, ridicule, and wit. Amir focuses chiefly on these two thinkers, but she also includes Johann Georg Hamann, an influence of Kierkegaard's who was himself influenced by Shaftesbury. All three thinkers were devout Christians but were intensely critical of the organized Christianity of their milieux, and humor played an important role in their responses. The author examines the epistemological, ethical, and religious roles of humor in their philosophies and proposes a secular philosophy of humor in which humor helps attain the philosophic ideals of self-knowledge, truth, rationality, virtue, and wisdom.
By exploring the works of both Anthony Ashley Cooper, Third Earl of Shaftesbury, and Søren Kierkegaard, Lydia B. Amir finds a rich tapestry of ideas about the comic, the tragic, humor, and related concepts such as irony, ridicule, and wit. Amir focuses chiefly on these two thinkers, but she also includes Johann Georg Hamann, an influence of Kierkegaard's who was himself influenced by Shaftesbury. All three thinkers were devout Christians but were intensely critical of the organized Christianity of their milieux, and humor played an important role in their responses. The author examines the epistemological, ethical, and religious roles of humor in their philosophies and proposes a secular philosophy of humor in which humor helps attain the philosophic ideals of self-knowledge, truth, rationality, virtue, and wisdom.
Lydia Amir is Senior Lecturer of Philosophy in the School of Media Studies at the College of Management Academic Studies in Israel.
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Shaftesbury: Ridicule as the Test of Truth
The Good Life
The Comic
Ridicule
Humor and Wit
Concluding Remarks: Humor, Good Humor, Ridicule, and the Shaftesburean Good Life
Intermezzo: Hamann: Humor and Irony as Categories of Understanding
The Good Life
Humor and Irony
2. Kierkegaard: Humor as Philosophy at its Best
The Good Life
The Comic
Irony
Humor
Concluding Remarks: The Comic, Humor, and the Kierkegaardian Good Life
3. Humor and the Good Life
The Comic and the Tragic
Humor
Ridicule
The Good Life
Notes
Bibliography
References
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.2.2014 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Total Illustrations: 0 |
| Verlagsort | Albany, NY |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 699 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie des Mittelalters | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4384-4937-2 / 1438449372 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4384-4937-1 / 9781438449371 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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