Ni hao, you mo
by Simon Critchley
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"On Humour is a book on what humour can tell us about being human. Simon Critchley skilfully probes some of the most perennial but least understood aspects of humour: why is it that we mock death with laughter? Why are so many comedians depressives? If humour is uniquely human, then why do we spend so much time laughing at animals? If we laugh with the body, then do we also laugh at the body? Is humour revolutionary or does it simply reinforce the status quo? What is going on in racist and sexist humour? Is joking a private matter or is humour something essentially shared and social?"
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Ni hao, you mo
2007, Guangxi shi fan da xue chu ban she
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Translation of: On humour, published in 2002.
Includes bibliographical references.
Text in simplfied Chinese script.
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Does humour make us human, or do the cats and dogs laugh along with us? On Humour is a fascinating, beautifully written and funny book on what humour can tell us about being human. Simon Critchley skilfully probes some of the most perennial but least understood aspects of humour, such as our tendency to laugh at animals and our bodies, why we mock death with comedy and why we think it's funny when people act like machines. He also looks at the darker side of humour, as rife in sexism and racism and argues that it is important for reminding us of people we would rather not be.
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