Schadenfreude : understanding pleasure at the misfortune of others / edited by Wilco W. van Dijk and Jaap W. Ouwerkerk.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dijk, Wilco W. van, 1968- editor.

Ouwerkerk, J. W. (Jaap W.), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Envy.

Pleasure.

Humiliation.

Embarrassment.

Physical Description:

xi, 320 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Contents:

Introduction to schadenfreude / Wilco W. van Dijk and Jaap W. Ouwerkerk

Morality and schadenfreude / John Portmann

Deservingness and schadenfreude / Norman T. Feather

Hypocrisy and schadenfreude / Caitlin A.J. Powell

The personal comparative concern in schadenfreude / Aaron Ben Ze'ev

Empirical challenges to understanding the role of envy in schadenfreude / Richard H. Smith, Stephen M. Thielke, and Caitlin A.J. Powell

Malicious envy and schadenfreude / Niels van de Ven

Schadenfreude and consumer behavior / Jill M. Sundie

Striving for positive self-evaluation as a motive for schadenfreude / Wilco W. van Dijk and Jaap W. Ouwerkerk

Stereotypes and schadenfreude / Mina Cikara and Susan T. Fiske

Schadenfreude in sports and politics : a social identity perspective / D. Ryan Schurtz, David Combs, Charles Hoogland, and Richard H. Smith

Intergroup rivalry and schadenfreude / Jaap W. Ouwerkerk and Wilco W. van Dijk

Situating schadenfreude in social relations / Colin Wayne Leach, Russell Spears, and Anthony S.R. Manstead

Schadenfreude and laughter / Francis H. Buckley

Schadenfreude and the desire for vengeance / Elise C. Seip, Mark Rotteveel, Lotte F. van Dillen, and Wilco W. van Dijk

Schadenfreude and pouting / John Portmann

Schadenfreude and social life : a comparative perspective on the expression and regulation of mirth at the expense of others / Giselinde Kuipers

Tracing down schadenfreude in spontaneous interaction : evidence from corpus linguistics / Kurt Feyaerts and Bert Oben

"Smile not, I venture to repeat" : schadenfreude in nineteenth-century American literature / Diederik Oostdijk

Schadenfreude : concluding notes / Agneta H. Fischer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107017504

1107017505

OCLC:

871343780

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