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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Lydia Amir
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032021386
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3202138-6
• No. of pages: 486
• Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; 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 -