Laughing at nothing : humor as a response to nihilism /
"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...
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| Ngôn ngữ: | Tiếng Anh |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2003.
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| Loạt: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Truy cập trực tuyến: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.18252463 |
Mục lục:
- Machine generated contents note: Introduction: The Problem of Nihilism
- pt. I Scrutinizing Nihilism
- Ch. 1 German and Russian Nihilism
- Ch. 2 Nietzchean Nihilism
- Ch. 3 World-War and Postwar Nihilism
- Ch. 4 Nihilistic Incongruity
- pt. II Decline, Ascent, and Humor
- Ch. 5 Decline, Decay, and Falling Away
- Ch. 6 Ambition, Aspiration, and Ascent
- Ch. 7 Humor and Incongruity
- Conclusion: Humor as a Response to Nihilism.