Laughter And Liberation

Download or read book Laughter and Liberation written by Harvey Mindess and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laughter and Liberation is based on the idea that humor is an agent of psychological liberation. Since we are able to include every kind of wit and humor under the umbrella of this thesis, it amounts to an informal, comprehensive theory of the ludicrous. Briefly put, the theory proposes that the most fundamental function of humor is its power to release us from the inhibitions and restrictions under which we live our daily lives.The quest for laughter is as old as man himself Egyptian pharaohs and Roman emperors went to great lengths to amuse themselves, as did the monarchs of medieval Europe with court jesters. Our speech and literature abound with references to humor such as: "Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone," "He who laughs last laughs best," "All the world loves a clown," "Laugh if you are wise," and "A good laugh is sunshine in the house."In Laughter and Liberation, Harvey Mindess tells us how laughter and our sense of humor work. He gives us the background of several well-known humorists Steve Allen, Richard Armour, Sholom Aleichem and explains his theory of how and why they have become expert in making others laugh.

Download or read book Laughter of Aphrodite written by Carol P. Christ and published by HarperOne. This book was released on 1987 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The spiritual and intellectual journey of a feminst theologian from Christianity to the goddess."--Cover.

Download or read book Laughter, Tears, Silence written by Pragito Dove and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2010 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dove's accessible, innovative methods allow readers to reap the benefits of meditation in any situation. Drawing on traditions and teachers, this work synthesizes the needs of contemporary life with attention to the full range of the human experience.

Download or read book Making Philosophy Laugh written by Dustin Peone and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary philosophy has adopted an increasingly tragic point of view. Tragedy, though, is only a partial truth of the human condition. Comedy is another partial truth. The nature of human existence is neither wholly the one nor the other, but tragi-comic. Philosophy must be attuned to both despair and laughter if it is to understand its own world. In Making Philosophy Laugh, the philosopher Dustin Peone makes an apology for the comic side of existence and its use in philosophy. He demonstrates the social and moral uses of humor and analyzes its significance for speculative thinking. Folly and irony are shown to be vital facets of dialectical philosophy. The reader is introduced to the comical side of Socrates and Homer, Descartes and Vico, Kant and Hegel, and many others. Finally, a doctrine of the tragi-comic sense of life is presented that does justice to all aspects of human existence and liberates the spirit from the grimness of serious thought.

Download or read book City of Laughter written by Vic Gatrell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing upon the satirical prints of the eighteenth century, the author explores what made Londoners laugh and offers insight into the origins of modern attitudes toward sex, celebrity, and ridicule.

Download or read book The Book of No One written by Richard Sylvester and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2008-04-26 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this poignant book, humanist psychologist Richard Sylvester provides readers with unique insights regarding life’s most difficult question: Who are we? The human mind is compelled to search for meaning. But when we let go of our notion of the self, we are often confronted with the emptiness of the world. However, even in that emptiness, love and purpose can be found. In The Book of No One, Richard Sylvester continues to communicate the radical and uncompromising view of non-duality expressed in his first book, I Hope You Die Soon. With clarity, humor, and compassion, Sylvester answers many questions about the harsh truths of reality, especially the nature of non-duality, liberation, and enlightenment.

Download or read book An Introduction to Dramatic Theory written by Allardyce Nicoll and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: