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Autore |
Berger Peter L. <1929-> |
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Titolo |
Redeeming laughter : the comic dimension of human experience / / Peter L. Berger |
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New York : , : Walter de Gruyter, , [1997] |
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©1997 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (236 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Comedy - Religious aspects |
Wit and humor - Religious aspects |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Self-Serving Explanations and Unsolicited Compliments -- The Comic Intrusion -- Philosophers of the Comic, and the Comedy of Philosophy -- Laughing Monks: A Very Brief Sinitic Interlude -- Homo Ridens: Physiology and Psychology -- Homo Ridiculus: Social Constructions of the Comic -- Interlude: Brief Reflections on Jewish Humor -- The Comic as Diversion: Benign Humor -- The Comic as Consolation: Tragicomedy -- The Comic as Game of Intellect: Wit -- The Comic as Weapon: Satire -- Interlude: The Eternal Return of Folly -- The Folly of Redemption -- Interlude: On Grim Theologians -- The Comic as a Signal of Transcendence. |
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