02453nam 2200625 450 991082850840332120230421051437.03-11-081066-210.1515/9783110810660(CKB)2550000001178501(OCoLC)868974102(CaPaEBR)ebrary10789637(SSID)ssj0000849458(PQKBManifestationID)11462358(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000849458(PQKBWorkID)10812143(PQKB)10840262(MiAaPQ)EBC3044605(DE-B1597)42042(OCoLC)853263850(OCoLC)857467575(DE-B1597)9783110810660(Au-PeEL)EBL3044605(CaPaEBR)ebr10789637(CaONFJC)MIL558689(OCoLC)922947911(EXLCZ)99255000000117850119970305h19971997 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrRedeeming laughter the comic dimension of human experience /Peter L. BergerNew York :Walter de Gruyter,[1997]©19971 online resource (236 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph3-11-015562-1 1-306-27438-9 Includes bibliographical references.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.ComedyReligious aspectsWit and humorReligious aspectsComedyReligious aspects.Wit and humorReligious aspects.233Berger Peter L.1929-119506MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828508403321Redeeming laughter1668966UNINA