Humor and the good life in modern philosophy : Shaftesbury, Hamann, Kierkegaard / Lydia B. Amir.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Amir, Lydia, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Life.

Wit and humor.

Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1671-1713.

Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper.

Hamann, Johann Georg, 1730-1788.

Hamann, Johann Georg.

Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855.

Kierkegaard, Søren.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (403 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : SUNY Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"An exploration of philosophical and religious ideas about humor in modern philosophy and their secular implications"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

""Concluding Remarks: Humor, Good Humor, Ridicule, and the Shaftesburean Good Life""""Ridicule as the Test of Truth""; ""Humor and Good Humor as Habilitating Truth""; ""Humor as Effective Criticism""; ""Humor as the Mark of Rationality""; ""Intermezzo Hamann: Humor and Irony as Categories of Understanding""; ""Humor and Irony""; ""Chapter 2 Kierkegaard: Humor as Philosophy at its Best""; ""The Good Life""; ""Subjective Thinking""; ""The Human Telos""; ""Becoming a Self""; ""The Comic""; ""The Comic as Contradiction""; ""The Comic and the Tragic""; ""ThE Comic in Communication""

""The Comic�s Legitimacy""""Irony""; ""Irony as a Life-View""; ""Irony as a Mask""; ""Irony as a Tool""; ""Irony as Lower than Humor""; ""Irony as a Defining Characteristic of Kierkegaard""; ""Humor""; ""Humor as Intrinsic to Christianity""; ""Humor as a Life-View""; ""Humor at the Boundary of Religion""; ""Humor as a Mask""; ""Concluding Remarks: the Comic and Humor in the Kierkegaardian Good Life""; ""The Comic�s Role in Inwardness""; ""Laughing Well is Living Well""; ""Kierkegaard�s Contribution""; ""Chapter 3 Humor and the Good Life""; ""The Comic and the Tragic""; ""The Tragic""

""The Comic""""Tragedy and Comedy""; ""Theories of Humor""; ""Enjoying Incongruities""; ""Humor�s Benefits""; ""Self-Referential Humor""; ""Humor""; ""The Sense of Humor""; ""Self-Knowledge, Conflict Awareness, and Deliberation""; ""Living with Irresolvable Conflict""; ""Ridicule""; ""New Identity Resolution""; ""Cognitive Integration Resolution""; ""The Good Life""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Works by Shaftesbury""; ""Works by Hamann""; ""Works by Kierkegaard""; ""References""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438449388

1438449380

OCLC:

870646715