Satire and the Public Emotions

ISBN-13: 9781108798839 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 75 str.

Robert Phiddian

Opis

Phiddian explores the distinction between satirical and comic laughter, and the role of satire in licensing public expression of harsh emotions defined in neuroscience as the CAD (contempt, anger, disgust) triad. With a focus on eighteenth-century satirists such as Jonathan Swift, he reveals the importance of satire to free political expression.

Spis treści

1. The functions of satire; 2. Satire and the contempt, anger, disgust (CAD) triad of emotions; 3. The passions, satire, and liberty of expression in the craftsman moment; 4. Gulliver's Travels – 'wit, confederated with truth'; 5. Epilogue. Satire in the digital age.