{"product_id":"kants-humorous-writings-9781350112780","title":"Kants Humorous Writings","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile Kant is commonly regarded as one of the most austere philosophers of all time, this book provides quite a different perspective of the founder of transcendental philosophy. Kant is often thought of as being boring, methodical, and humorless. Yet the thirty jokes and anecdotes collected and illustrated here for the first time reveal a man and a thinker who was deeply interested in how humor and laughter shape how we think, feel, and communicate with fellow human beings.In addition to a foreword on Kant's theory of humor by Noël Carroll as well as Clewis's informative chapters, \u003ci\u003eKant's Humorous Writings\u003c\/i\u003e contains new translations of Kant's jokes, quips, and anecdotes. Each of the thirty excerpts is illustrated and supplemented by historical commentaries which explain their significance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor many readers, 'Kant' and 'humor' are two words that do not belong together in the same sentence. But in his detailed and engaging study, Robert Clewis gives the lie to this popular prejudice. The sage of Königsberg was both a fairly serious theorist of humor as well as a teacher who often sought to enliven his lectures with a good joke or two. * Robert B. Louden, Distinguished Professor and Professor of Philosophy, University of Southern Maine, USA *\u003cbr\u003eKant scholarship meets humor research—what a delightful surprise! Drawing on Kant’s writings and notes taken by his students, Clewis evaluates thirty of Kant’s jokes, stories, and observations to discuss his philosophy of humor. Along the way, he gets into what’s wrong with bad puns and why the English are better at comedy than the French. His treatment of Kant’s ethics of humor and his understanding of it as an aesthetic experience are especially insightful. I’ve been researching humor for forty years and found new ideas in every chapter. * John Morreall, author of \"Taking Laughter Seriously\" and \"Comic Relief: A Comprehensive Philosophy of Humor\" *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword by Noël Carroll    \u003cb\u003ePart One. Kant’s Theory of Humor \u003c\/b\u003e Chapter 1: The Secret Soul of Kant’s Joke  Chapter 2: Three Questions about Laughter at Humor  Chapter 3: Kant and the Ethics of Humor   \u003cb\u003ePart Two. Jokes \u003c\/b\u003e Incongruity Jokes  1.     The Merchant’s Wig  2.     Happy Funeral Mourners  3.     Swift Wit  4.     Dying of Good Health  5.     £200   6.     Of Juice and Justice   7.     King Louis’ Gate  8.     Thinking with One’s Body  9.     The Happy Cuckold  10.  Full of Bull  11.  With Friends Like These    Ethnic and Sexist Jokes and Quips  12.  Foam in a Bottle  13.  German Fools  14.  The Bearded Woman   15.  Samuel Johnson’s Wife    Jokes with a Point  16.  Abelard’s Flying Ox  17.  Which Way the Wind Blows   18.  Philosophy Detox   19.  The Voltaire Bros  20.  The Life You Save May Be Your Own     \u003cb\u003ePart Three. Sayings with a Message \u003c\/b\u003e 21.  Ragout, with Wit on the Side  22.  Hooped Skirts and Pruned Trees  23.  Heidegger as a Woman  24.  There Are No Ugly Noses  25.  A Whale Barrel  26.  To Each his Own  27.  Pyrrho’s Pig: That’s What I’m Talking about  28.  Hobson’s Choice  29.  Sex and Death  30.  An Honest Man Is Hard to Find     Appendix: Chapter Summaries   \u003ci\u003eBibliography  Index\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019628642647,"sku":"9781350112780","price":58.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350112780.jpg?v=1750780833","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/kants-humorous-writings-9781350112780","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}