Nathan Miczo

Disparagement Humor in Social Life

Competition vs. Subjugation

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book critiques the superiority theory of disparagement humor, rooted in Hobbes's definition of laughter. Nathan Miczo offers the ag¿n (Greek for contest) as a metaphor to demonstrate how within- and between-group dynamics shape the creation and reception of disparagement humor.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781666901122
• ISBN-10: 1666901121
• Artikelnr.: 64269532

Autorenporträt

By Nathan Miczo

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Humor and the Agon
Chapter 2: Hobbes on Humor
Chapter 3: Humor after Hobbes
Chapter 4: Homo Societas
Chapter 5: Laughing at Outsiders
Chapter 6: Laughing at Insiders
Chapter 7: Laughing on the Borders
Chapter 8: Laughing under Leviathan
Bibliography
About the Author