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:

1 online resource (xi, 320 page) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When someone suffers a mishap, a setback or a downfall, we sometimes find ourselves experiencing schadenfreude - an emotion defined as deriving pleasure from another's misfortune. Schadenfreude is a common experience and an emotion which is seemingly inherent to social being. This book offers a comprehensive summary of current theoretical and empirical work on schadenfreude from psychological, philosophical and other scientific perspectives. The chapters explore justice as an underlying motive for schadenfreude, and the role played by social comparison processes and envy in evoking pleasure at the misfortunes of others in interpersonal relations. Schadenfreude is also described as a common phenomenon in intergroup relations. This is a compelling volume on a fascinating subject matter that aims to increase our understanding of the nature of this emotion and the role it plays in social relations.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Figures and tables; Contributors; 1 Introduction to schadenfreude ; Part I Schadenfreude as a justice-based emotion; 2 Morality and schadenfreude ; 3 Deservingness and schadenfreude ; 4 Hypocrisy and schadenfreude ; Part II Schadenfreude as a comparison-based emotion; 5 The personal comparative concern in schadenfreude ; 6 Empirical challenges to understanding the role of envy in schadenfreude ; 7 Malicious envy and schadenfreude ; 8 Schadenfreude and consumer behavior

9 Striving for positive self-evaluation as a motive for schadenfreude Part III Schadenfreude as an intergroup phenomenon; 10 Stereotypes and schadenfreude ; 11 Schadenfreude in sports and politics: a social identity perspective ; 12 Intergroup rivalry and schadenfreude ; 13 Situating schadenfreude in social relations ; Part IV Schadenfreude and related phenomena; 14 Schadenfreude and laughter ; 15 Schadenfreude and the desire for vengeance ; 16 Schadenfreude and pouting ; Part V Schadenfreude in society, language,and literature

17 Schadenfreude and social life: a comparative perspective on the expression and regulation of mirth at the expense of others 18 Tracing down schadenfreude in spontaneous interaction: evidence from corpus linguistics ; 19 "Smile not, however, I venture to repeat": schadenfreude in nineteenth-century American literature ; 20 Schadenfreude, concluding notes ; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

ISBN:

1-139-98970-7

1-139-98508-6

1-316-61796-3

1-316-01256-5

1-139-08424-0

1-316-00132-6

1-316-00582-8

1-316-00356-6

1-316-00806-1