Laughing and Crying: A Study of the Limits of Human Behavior by Helmuth Plessner

Laughing and Crying: A Study of the Limits of Human Behavior

Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy

Helmuth Plessner with James Spencer Churchill (Translator), Marjorie Grene (Translator)

208 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction philosophy informative medium-paced

Description

First published in German in 1940 and widely recognized as a classic of philosophical anthropology, Laughing and Crying is a detailed investigation of these two particularly significant types of expressive behavior, both in themselves and in relat...

Read more

Community Reviews Summary of 1 review

Moods

challenging 100%
informative 100%
reflective 100%

Pace

slow 100%

Average rating

3.75

See all reviews...

Content Warnings

This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!

If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.