The Legacy of Nietzsche's Philosophy of Laughter: Bataille, Deleuze, and Rosset Contributor(s): Amir, Lydia (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138584282 ISBN-13: 9781138584280 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General - Philosophy | Movements - Humanism |
Dewey: 128.3 |
LCCN: 2020058175 |
Physical Information: 1.06" H x 6" W x 9" (1.84 lbs) 486 pages |
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Publisher Description: This book investigates the role of humor in the good life, specifically as discussed by three prominent French intellectuals who were influenced by Nietzsche's thought: Georges Bataille, Gilles Deleuze, and Clément Rosset. Lydia Amir begins by discussing Nietzsche's reception in France, and she explains why and how he came to be considered a philosopher of laughter in the French academe. Each of the subsequent three chapters focuses on the significance of humor and laughter in the good life as advocated by Bataille, Deleuze, and Rosset. These chapters also explore the complex relationship between the comic and the tragic, and of humor and laughter to irony, satire, and ridicule. The Legacy of Nietzsche's Philosophy of Laughter makes an invaluable contribution to recent interpretive work done on Bataille and Deleuze, and offers further introduction to the relatively understudied Rosset. It illuminates the philosophies of these three thinkers, their connection to Nietzsche, and, overall, the significant role that humor plays in philosophy. |