Comedy, Seriously: A Philosophical Study

ISBN-13: 9781349490516 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 192 str.

Dmitri Nikulin; D. Nikulin

Opis

Comedy, Seriously provides a philosophical interpretation of comedy and argues that comedy displays a particular kind of rationality that reflects philosophical thinking.

Spis treści

Preface PART I: HISTORY OF COMEDY 1. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: On the Ancient Origins of Comedy 2. The Moderns: The Romantic Loss of Comedy PART II: LOGIC OF COMEDY 3. Everyone Joins the Fight: The Dialectic of Comic Action 4. Whatever Works: Structure and Topics of Comedy 5. The Catastrophe of the Good Ending PART III: ETHICS OF COMEDY 6. Foolish Wisdom: The Philosopher as a Comic Figure Conclusion

O autorze

Dmitri Nikulin is Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, New School for Social Research, USA.