Comedy, Seriously A Philosophical Study
Comedy, Seriously provides a philosophical interpretation of comedy and argues that comedy displays a particular kind of rationality that reflects philosophical thinking. In particular, that comedy is defined not so much by laughter or jokes, but rather t
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A Philosophical Study
Dmitri Nikulin
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Comedy, Seriously
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First published in 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978-1-137-41513-4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Nikulin, D. V. (Dmitrii Vladimirovich) Comedy, seriously : a philosophical study / Dmitri Nikulin, New School. pages cm ISBN 978-1-137-41513-4 (alk. paper) 1. Comedy—History and criticism—Theory, etc. 2. Philosophy. I. Title. PN1922.N55 2014 809'.917—dc23 2013046854 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Amnet. First Edition: May 2014 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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Prefacevii Acknowledgmentsxv I History of Comedy 1 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: On the Ancient Origins of Comedy 2 The Moderns: The Romantic Loss of Comedy
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II Logic of Comedy 3 Everyone Joins the Fight: The Dialectic of Comic Action 4 Whatever Works: Structure and Topics of Comedy 5 The Catastrophe of the Good Ending
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III Ethics of Comedy 6 Foolish Wisdom: The Philosopher as a Comic Figure
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Conclusion133 Notes137 Bibliography177 Index185
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