The joy of pain [[electronic resource] ] : schadenfreude and the dark side of human nature / / Richard H. Smith

• Autore: Smith Richard H
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 152.4
• Soggetto topico: Envy; Failure (Psychology); Humiliation
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: Few 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 schadenfreud
• Titolo autorizzato: The joy of pain
• ISBN: 0-19-975309-1; 0-19-975332-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779761003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II