Redeeming Laughter : The Comic Dimension of Human Experience

Başlık:

Yazar:

Berger, Peter L., author.

ISBN:

9783110354003

Ek Yazar:

Berger, Peter L., author.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Fiziksel Tanım:

1 online resource(xxi,201p.) : illustrations.

Contents:

Frontmatter -- Overview -- Preface -- Prefatory Remarks, Self-Serving Explanations, and Unsolicited Compliments -- Prologue -- 1. The Comic Intrusion -- 2. Philosophers of the Comic, and the Comedy of Philosophy -- 3. Laughing Monks: A Very Brief Sinitic Interlude -- 4. Homo Ridens: Physiology and Psychology -- 5. Homo Ridiculus: Social Constructions of the Comic -- 6. Interlude: Brief Reflections on Jewish Humor -- 7. The Comic as Diversion: Benign Humor -- 8. The Comic as Consolation: Tragicomedy -- 9. The Comic as Game of Intellect: Wit -- 10. The Comic as Weapon: Satire -- 11. Interlude: The Eternal Return of Folly -- 12. The Folly of Redemption -- 13. Interlude: On Grim Theologians -- 14. The Comic as a Signal of Transcendence -- Epilogue.

Abstract:

Amid the variety of human experiences, the comic occupies a distinctive place. It is simultaneously ubiquitous, relative, and fragile. In this book, Peter L. Berger reflects on the nature of the comic and its relationship to other human experiences. Originally published in 1997, the second edition includes a new preface reflecting on Berger’s work in the intervening years, particularly on the relationship between humor and modernity.

Konu Terimleri:

Comic, The -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.

Wit and humor -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.

Theologie, Christentum.

Electronic Access:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110354003
Cover http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9783110354003.jpg

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Library	Materyal Türü	Barkod	Yer Numarası	Durum
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Özet

Amid the variety of human experiences, the comic occupies a distinctive place. It is simultaneously ubiquitous, relative, and fragile. In this book, Peter L. Berger reflects on the nature of the comic and its relationship to other human experiences. Berger contends that the comic is an integral aspect of human life, yet one that must be approached and analyzed circumspectly and circuitously. Beginning with an exploration of the anatomy of the comic, Berger addresses humor in philosophy, physiology, psychology, and the social sciences before turning to a discussion of different types of comedy and finally suggesting a theology of the comic in terms of its relationship to folly, redemption, and transcendence. Along the way, the reader is treated to a variety of jokes on a variety of topics, with particular emphasis on humor and its relationship to religion. Originally published in 1997, the second edition includes a new preface reflecting on Berger's work in the intervening years, particularly on the relationship between humor and modernity.

Author Notes

Peter Ludwig Berger was born in Vienna, Austria on March 17, 1929. He immigrated to the United States when he was 17 years old. He received a bachelor's degree from Wagner College in 1949 and did his doctoral work at the New School in Manhattan. He was a theologian who was known for his work in the sociology of knowledge, understanding how humans experience everyday reality. He taught at several universities including Boston University, the New School for Social Research, Brooklyn College, Rutgers University, and Boston College.

He wrote many books during his lifetime including The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge, A Rumor of Angels: Modern Society and the Rediscovery of the Supernatural, The Noise of Solemn Assemblies: Christian Commitment, The Religious Establishment in America, The Heretical Imperative: Contemporary Possibilities of Religious Affirmation, and A Far Glory: The Quest for Faith in an Age of Credulity. He died from heart failure on June 27, 2017 at the age of 88.

(Bowker Author Biography)