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" Redeeming laughter : "
Peter L. Berger.
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BL
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649403
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Berger, Peter L.,1929-
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Redeeming laughter : : the comic dimension of human experience /\ Peter L. Berger.
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New York :: Walter de Gruyter,, c1997.
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xvii, 215 p. ;; 24 cm.
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3110155621 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9783110155624 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Self-Serving Explanations and Unsolicited Compliments -- The Comic Intrusion -- Philosophers of the Comic, and the Comedy of Philosophy -- Laughing Monks: A Very Brief Sinitic Interlude -- Homo Ridens: Physiology and Psychology -- Homo Ridiculus: Social Constructions of the Comic -- Interlude: Brief Reflections on Jewish Humor -- The Comic as Diversion: Benign Humor -- The Comic as Consolation: Tragicomedy -- The Comic as Game of Intellect: Wit -- The Comic as Weapon: Satire -- Interlude: The Eternal Return of Folly -- The Folly of Redemption -- Interlude: On Grim Theologians -- The Comic as a Signal of Transcendence.
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Comedy-- Religious aspects.
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Wit and humor-- Religious aspects.
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Comic, The.
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BR115.C63B47 1997
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