Legacy of Nietzsches Philosophy of Laughter - Bataille, Deleuze, and Rosset

This book investigates the role of humor in the good life, specifically as discussed in three prominent French intellectuals who were influenced by Nietzsche's thought: Georges Bataille, Gilles Deleuze, and Clément Rosset.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Prologue: The French Reception of Nietzsche As a Philosopher of Laughter
1. Georges Bataille: The Laughter of Ecstasy
2. Gilles Deleuze: The Humor of Affirmation
3. Clément Rosset: The Laughter of Annihilation
4. Concluding Remarks: Additional French Twentieth-Century Views of Laughter

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Lydia Amir is Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University, USA. She is the author of Humor and the Good Life: Shaftesbury, Hamann, Kierkegaard (2014), and Rethinking Philosophers' Responsibility (2017). She is the Founding-President of the International Association for the Philosophy of Humor, and editor of the Israeli Journal of Humor Research: An International Journal.

Zusammenfassung

This book investigates the role of humor in the good life, specifically as discussed in three prominent French intellectuals who were influenced by Nietzsche's thought: Georges Bataille, Gilles Deleuze, and Clément Rosset.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Lydia Amir, Lydia (Tufts University Amir
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032021386
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3202138-6
• Seiten: 486
• Serie: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -