TY  - GEN
T1  - Laughing at nothing : humor as a response to nihilism
T2  - Book collections on Project MUSE.
A1  - Marmysz, John, 1964-
LA  - English
PP  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
YR  - 2003
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_ocm56408536
AB  - "Disputing the common misconception that nihilism is wholly negative and necessarily damaging to the human spirit, John Marmysz offers a clear and complete definition to argue that it is compatible, and indeed preferably responded to, with an attitude of good humor. He carefully scrutinizes the phenomenon of nihilism as it appears in the works, lives, and actions of key figures in the history of philosophy, literature, politics, and theology, including Nietzsche, Heidegger, Camus, and Mishima. While suggesting that there ultimately is no solution to the problem of nihilism, Marmysz proposes a way of utilizing the anxiety and despair that is associated with the problem as a spur toward liveliness, activity, and the celebration of life."--Jacket
OP  - 209
CN  - B828.3 .M265 2003eb
SN  - 1417536209
SN  - 9781417536207
SN  - 0791458407
SN  - 9780791458402
SN  - 0791458393
SN  - 9780791458396
SN  - 9780791486283
SN  - 0791486281
KW  - Nihilism (Philosophy)
KW  - Comic, The.
KW  - Nihilisme.
KW  - Comique.
KW  - nihilism.
KW  - PHILOSOPHY : Movements : Deconstruction.
KW  - PHILOSOPHY : History & Surveys : General.
KW  - Comic, The
ER  -