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100	1		_aMorreall, John, _d1947-
245	1	0	_aComic relief : _ba comprehensive philosophy of humor / _cJohn Morreall ; foreword by Robert Mankoff.
260			_aChichester, U.K. ; _aMalden, MA : _bWiley-Blackwell, _c2009.
300			_axii, 187 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
490	1		_aNew directions in aesthetics ; _v9
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aForeword / Robert Mankoff -- No laughing matter : the traditional rejection of humor and traditional theories of humor -- Humor, anarchy, and aggression -- The superiority theory : humor as anti-social -- The incongruity theory : humor as irrational -- The relief theory : humor as a pressure valve -- The minority opinion of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas : humor as playful relaxation -- The relaxation theory of Robert Latta -- Fight or flight, or laughter : the psychology of humor -- Humor and disengagement -- Humor as play -- Laughter as a play signal -- From Lucy to "I love Lucy" : the evolution of humor -- What was first funny? -- The basic pattern in humor : the playful enjoyment of a cognitive shift is expressed in laughter -- The worth of mirth -- That Mona Lisa smile : the aesthetics of humor -- Humor as aesthetic experience -- Humor and other ways of enjoying cognitive shifts : the funny, tragic, grotesque, macabre, horrible, bizarre, and fantastic -- Tragedy vs. comedy : is heavy better than light? -- Enough with the jokes : spontaneous vs. prepared humor -- Laughing at the wrong time : the negative ethics of humor -- Eight traditional moral objections -- The shortcomings in the contemporary ethics of humor -- A more comprehensive approach : the ethics of disengagement -- First harmful effect : irresponsibility -- Second harmful effect : blocking compassion -- Third harmful effect : promoting prejudice -- Having a good laugh : the positive ethics of humor -- Intellectual virtues fostered by humor -- Moral virtues fostered by humor -- Humor during the Holocaust -- Homo sapiens and homo ridens : philosophy and comedy -- Was Socrates the first stand-up comedian? -- Humor and the existentialists -- The laughing Buddha -- The glass is half-empty and half-full : comic wisdom.
650		0	_aWit and humor _xPhilosophy.
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1006/2009007420-b.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1006/2009007420-d.html
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1006/2009007420-t.html
830		0	_aNew directions in aesthetics ; _v9.
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