Redeeming laughter : the comic dimension of human experience /
Berger, Peter L., 1929-
Redeeming laughter : the comic dimension of human experience / Peter L. Berger. - 1 online resource (236 pages)
Includes bibliographical references.
Self-Serving Explanations and Unsolicited Compliments -- The Comic Intrusion -- Philosophers of the Comic, and the Comedy of Philosophy -- Laughing Monks: A Very Brief Sinitic Interlude -- Homo Ridens: Physiology and Psychology -- Homo Ridiculus: Social Constructions of the Comic -- Interlude: Brief Reflections on Jewish Humor -- The Comic as Diversion: Benign Humor -- The Comic as Consolation: Tragicomedy -- The Comic as Game of Intellect: Wit -- The Comic as Weapon: Satire -- Interlude: The Eternal Return of Folly -- The Folly of Redemption -- Interlude: On Grim Theologians -- The Comic as a Signal of Transcendence.
9783110810660
Comedy--Religious aspects.
Wit and humor--Religious aspects.
Electronic books.
BR115.C63 / B47 1997
233
Redeeming laughter : the comic dimension of human experience / Peter L. Berger. - 1 online resource (236 pages)
Includes bibliographical references.
Self-Serving Explanations and Unsolicited Compliments -- The Comic Intrusion -- Philosophers of the Comic, and the Comedy of Philosophy -- Laughing Monks: A Very Brief Sinitic Interlude -- Homo Ridens: Physiology and Psychology -- Homo Ridiculus: Social Constructions of the Comic -- Interlude: Brief Reflections on Jewish Humor -- The Comic as Diversion: Benign Humor -- The Comic as Consolation: Tragicomedy -- The Comic as Game of Intellect: Wit -- The Comic as Weapon: Satire -- Interlude: The Eternal Return of Folly -- The Folly of Redemption -- Interlude: On Grim Theologians -- The Comic as a Signal of Transcendence.
9783110810660
Comedy--Religious aspects.
Wit and humor--Religious aspects.
Electronic books.
BR115.C63 / B47 1997
233