LEADER 02662nam 22005055 450 001 9910793447003321 005 20230108114626.0 010 $a978-0-300-24478-6 010 $a0-300-24478-9 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300244786 035 $a(CKB)4100000007877718 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5742772 035 $a(DE-B1597)527547 035 $a(OCoLC)1091029245 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300244786 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007877718 100 $a20200406h20192019 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHumour /$fTerry Eagleton 210 1$aNew Haven, CT :$cYale University Press,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (191 pages) 311 08$a0-300-24314-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface --$t1. On Laughter --$t2. Scoffers and Mockers --$t3. Incongruities --$t4. Humour and History --$t5. The Politics of Humour --$tEndnotes --$tIndex 330 $aA compelling guide to the fundamental place of humour and comedy within Western culture-by one of its greatest exponents Written by an acknowledged master of comedy, this study reflects on the nature of humour and the functions it serves. Why do we laugh? What are we to make of the sheer variety of laughter, from braying and cackling to sniggering and chortling? Is humour subversive, or can it defuse dissent? Can we define wit?   Packed with illuminating ideas and a good many excellent jokes, the book critically examines various well-known theories of humour, including the idea that it springs from incongruity and the view that it reflects a mildly sadistic form of superiority to others. Drawing on a wide range of literary and philosophical sources, Terry Eagleton moves from Aristotle and Aquinas to Hobbes, Freud, and Bakhtin, looking in particular at the psychoanalytical mechanisms underlying humour and its social and political evolution over the centuries. 606 $aWit and humor$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWit and humor$xPolitical aspects 606 $aWit and humor$xSocial aspects 615 0$aWit and humor$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWit and humor$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aWit and humor$xSocial aspects 676 $a809.7 686 $aLC 59000$qSEPA$2rvk 700 $aEagleton$b Terry$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0123654 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793447003321 996 $aHumour$93860182 997 $aUNINA