The Odd One in: On Comedy by Alenka Zupančič

The Odd One in: On Comedy

Short Circuits

Alenka Zupančič

229 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy reflective medium-paced

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A Lacanian look at how comedy might come to philosophy's rescue, with examples ranging from Hegel and Moli re to George W. Bush and Borat.Why philosophize about comedy? What is the use of investigating the comical from philosophical and psychoanal...

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