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springer.com Lydia L. Moland (Ed.) All Too Human Laughter, Humor, and Comedy in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy Series: Boston Studies in Philosophy, Religion and Public Life Is the only book dealing with philosophies of humor, comedy, and laughter in the 19th Century Helps distinguish among aesthetic categories such as humor, comedy, laughter, irony, wit, and satire Considers compelling and under-researched questions in the dynamic history of 19th Century philosophy This book offers an analysis of humor, comedy, and laughter as philosophical topics in the 19th Century. It traces the introduction of humor as a new aesthetic category inspired by Laurence Sterne’s "Tristram Shandy" and shows Sterne’s deep influence on German aesthetic theorists of this period. Through differentiating humor from comedy, the book suggests important distinctions within the aesthetic philosophies of G.W.F. Hegel, Karl Solger, and Jean 1st ed. 2018, XI, 198 p. 4 illus. Paul Richter. The book links Kant’s underdeveloped incongruity theory of laughter to Schopenhauer’s more complete account and identifies humor’s place in the pessimistic Printed book philosophy of Julius Bahnsen. It considers how caricature functioned at the intersection of Hardcover politics, aesthetics, and ethics in Karl Rosenkranz’s work, and how Kierkegaard and Nietzsche made humor central not only to their philosophical content but also to its style. The book 89,99 € | £79.99 | $109.99 concludes with an explication of French philosopher Henri Bergson’s claim that laughter is a [1]96,29 € (D) | 98,99 € (A) | CHF 106,50 response to mechanical inelasticity. Softcover 89,99 € | £79.99 | $109.99 [1]96,29 € (D) | 98,99 € (A) | CHF 106,50 eBook 74,89 € | £63.99 | $84.99 [2]74,89 € (D) | 74,89 € (A) | CHF 85,00 Available from your library or springer.com/shop MyCopy [3] Printed eBook for just € | $ 24.99 springer.com/mycopy Order online at springer.com / or for the Americas call (toll free) 1-800-SPRINGER / or email us at: [email protected]. / For outside the Americas call +49 (0) 6221-345-4301 / or email us at: [email protected]. The first € price and the £ and $ price are net prices, subject to local VAT. Prices indicated with [1] include VAT for books; the €(D) includes 7% for Germany, the €(A) includes 10% for Austria. Prices indicated with [2] include VAT for electronic products; 19% for Germany, 20% for Austria. All prices exclusive of carriage charges. Prices and other details are subject to change without notice. All errors and omissions excepted. [3] No discount for MyCopy. Part of .

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