Overview
- Unique blend of philosophical investigation and humorous discourse
- Provides a rigorous yet accessible philosophical analysis of humor
- Offers many concrete examples from education, literature, film, media, and our everyday experience
- Provides many valuable insights on the import of humor and laughter for our lives
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Education (BRIEFSEDUCAT)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
Keywords
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Siegmund Freud
- aesthetic humor
- amusement
- comic relief
- education
- existentialism
- human development
- human flourishing
- humor
- humor theory
- incongruity theory of humor
- laughter
- moral values education
- philosophy
- philosophy of education
- prophetic trickster
- relief theory of humor
- self-transcendence
- superiority theory of humor
About this book
This book is a philosophical investigation of the significance of humor and laughter, examining its relation to other human phenomena including truth, nihilism, dreams, friendship, intimacy, aesthetic experience, self-transcendence and education. The author addresses the relative neglect of humor and laughter among philosophers of education with this volume, where the focus is on the significance of humor and laughter for human flourishing.
Central questions are threaded through this work: What does the study of humor and laughter bring to philosophy and specifically to philosophy of education? How is humorist thinking different from other modes of human knowing? What might happen if we were to respond to the absurdity of human existence with humor and laughter? What insights can be learned from a philosophical investigation of humor in relationship to other human phenomena such as dreams, friendship, intimacy, aesthetic experience and self-transcendence? And, finally, how can humor and laughter enhance human existence and flourishing?
The author presents groundbreaking insights into what can be gained from a study of humor and laughter about human existence in general and flourishing in particular.
This work will be of interest to philosophers, especially philosophers of education, as well as to teachers and educators. Its unique blend of philosophical investigation and humorous discourse is both a rigorous and accessible analysis of humor.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Humor, Laughter and Human Flourishing
Book Subtitle: A Philosophical Exploration of the Laughing Animal
Authors: Mordechai Gordon
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00834-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-00833-2Published: 21 August 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-00834-9Published: 13 August 2013
Series ISSN: 2211-1921
Series E-ISSN: 2211-193X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 100