Harvey Mindess

Laughter and Liberation (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Laughter and Liberation is based on the idea that humor is an agent of psychological liberation. Since we are able to include every kind of wit and humor under the umbrella of this thesis, it amounts to an informal, comprehensive theory of the ludicrous. Briefly put, the theory proposes that the most fundamental function of humor is its power to release us from the inhibitions and restrictions under which we live our daily lives.

The quest for laughter is as old as man himself-Egyptian pharaohs and Roman emperors went to great lengths to amuse themselves, as did the monarchs of medieval Europe with court jesters. Our speech and literature abound with references to humor such as: "Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone," "He who laughs last laughs best," "All the world loves a clown," "Laugh if you are wise," and "A good laugh is sunshine in the house."

In Laughter and Liberation, Harvey Mindess tells us how laughter and our sense of humor work. He gives us the background of several well-known humorists-Steve Allen, Richard Armour, Sholom Aleichem-and explains his theory of how and why they have become expert in making others laugh.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351509640
• Artikelnr.: 49043238

Autorenporträt

Harvey Mindess

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to the Transaction Edition
Introduction
Section One
From Laughter to Humor
Freedom from Conformity
Freedom from Inferiority
Freedom from Morality
Freedom from Reason
Freedom from Language
Freedom from Naivete
Freedom from Redundancy
Freedom from Seriousness
Freedom from Egotism
Developing a Sense of Humor
Section Two
The Creative Element
Telling Jokes
Discovering Ourselves Through Laughter
Humor and Fanaticism
Laughter and Women's Lib
The Genesis of Humorous Genius
Humor Therapy
The Psychology of Jokes on Psychology
Section Three
Appendix
Tonsils