{"product_id":"9780792346777","title":"Analecta Husserliana: From Laughter to Delight in Philosophy, Literature, the Fine Arts, and Aesthetics","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAnalecta Husserliana: From Laughter to Delight in Philosophy, Literature, the Fine Arts, and Aesthetics\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eTymieniecka, Anna-Teresa\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilosophy, art criticism and popular opinion all seem to treat  the aesthetics of the comic as lightweight, while the tragic seems to  be regarded with greater seriousness. Why this favouring of sadness  over joy? Can it be justified? What are the criteria by which the  significance of comedy can be estimated \u003cem\u003evis à vis\u003c\/em\u003e  tragedy? Questions such as these underlie the present selection of  studies, which casts new light on the comic, the joyful and laughter  itself. This challenge to the popular attitude strikes into new  territory, relating such matters to the profundity with which we enjoy  life and its role in the deployment of the Human Condition. In her  Introduction Tymieniecka points out that the tragic and the comic  might be complementary in their respective sense-bestowing modes as  well as in their dynamic functions; they might both share in the  primogenital function of promoting the self-individualising progress  of human existence. \u003cbr\u003e  For the first time in philosophy, laughter, mirth, joy and the like  are revealed as the modalities of the essential enjoyment of life,  being brought to bear in an illumination of the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1998-03-31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780792346777\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-017-1425-9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 329\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44481621852300,"sku":"9780792346777","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792346777.jpg?v=1777376674","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780792346777","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}