02703nam 2200577Ia 450 991045354170332120210726214902.00-19-975332-6(CKB)2550000001064522(EBL)1220005(OCoLC)849934809(SSID)ssj0000915929(PQKBManifestationID)12377277(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000915929(PQKBWorkID)10875417(PQKB)11514690(MiAaPQ)EBC1220005(Au-PeEL)EBL1220005(CaPaEBR)ebr10721367(CaONFJC)MIL499039(EXLCZ)99255000000106452220121109d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe joy of pain[electronic resource] schadenfreude and the dark side of human nature /Richard H. SmithOxford Oxford University Press20131 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-973454-2 1-299-67789-4 Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 THE HIGHS OF SUPERIORITY; CHAPTER 2 LOOKING UP BY LOOKING DOWN; CHAPTER 3 OTHERS MUST FAIL; CHAPTER 4 SELF AND OTHER; CHAPTER 5 DESERVED MISFORTUNES ARE SWEET; CHAPTER 6 JUSTICE GETS PERSONAL; CHAPTER 7 HUMILITAINMENT; CHAPTER 8 THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT ENVY; CHAPTER 9 ENVY TRANSMUTED; CHAPTER 10 DARK PLEASURES UNLEASHED; CHAPTER 11 HOW WOULD LINCOLN FEEL?; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; ZFew people will easily admit to taking pleasure in the misfortunes of others. But who doesn't enjoy it when an arrogant but untalented contestant is humiliated on American Idol, or when the embarrassing vice of a self-righteous politician is exposed, or even when an envied friend suffers a small setback? The truth is that joy in someone else's pain-known by the German word schadenfreude--permeates our society. In The Joy of Pain, psychologist Richard Smith, one of the world's foremost authorities on envy and shame, sheds much light on a feeling we dare not admit. Smith argues that schadenfreudEnvyFailure (Psychology)HumiliationElectronic books.Envy.Failure (Psychology)Humiliation.152.4Smith Richard H129240MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453541703321The joy of pain1965777UNINA