Split Down the Sides: On the Subject of LaughterUniversity Press of America, 1997 - 245 strán (strany) This book is a study of the interrelationship between comedy and selfhood. While most people have a clear idea of what is meant by comedy, the notion of a self is much more enigmatic and therefore requires illumination. The book is accordingly divided into two parts: the first attempts to clarify what is meant by a self, and the second applies the resulting schematization of selfhood to the phenomenon of laughter. The two parts echo one another, contributing both to an understanding of comedy and to the ongoing philosophical question of identity. |
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... situation in which my body itself occupies a deeply ambivalent , transitional or mediatory position between " me " and the world . On the one hand it " belongs " to me ; on the other it is but one object among an infinitude of others in ...
... situation in which my body itself occupies a deeply ambivalent , transitional or mediatory position between " me " and the world . On the one hand it " belongs " to me ; on the other it is but one object among an infinitude of others in ...
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... situation means that self - knowledge can never be complete . " Seen as social actors in perpetual performance , moreover , we lapse into self- deception whenever we allow ourselves to become thoroughly absorbed in our roles , slipping ...
... situation means that self - knowledge can never be complete . " Seen as social actors in perpetual performance , moreover , we lapse into self- deception whenever we allow ourselves to become thoroughly absorbed in our roles , slipping ...
Strana 205
... situations for example , humour is seen to function as a method of " testing the atmosphere " or negotiating potentially sensitive themes in unfamiliar situations . In the words of Steve Linstead : Humour allows the exploration of new ...
... situations for example , humour is seen to function as a method of " testing the atmosphere " or negotiating potentially sensitive themes in unfamiliar situations . In the words of Steve Linstead : Humour allows the exploration of new ...
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Defining the Subject | 3 |
Self as Structure | 55 |
Self as Individual | 77 |
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