{"product_id":"only-a-joke-can-save-us-a-theory-of-comedy-diaeresis-9780810135802","title":"Only a Joke Can Save Us A Theory of Comedy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents an innovative and comprehensive theory of comedy. Using a wealth of examples from high and popular culture and with careful attention to the treatment of humour in philosophy, Todd McGowan locates the universal source of comedy in the interplay of the opposing concepts \u003cem\u003elack\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eexcess\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnly a Joke Can Save Us\u003c\/i\u003e offers a master class in psychoanalysis masquerading as a master class in comedy. McGowan’s theory yields powerful, persuasive, original insights into examples as varied as classic cinema, Jewish jokes, Kierkegaard, and Shakespeare. This master class will be thoroughly enjoyed by philosophers, cultural critics, affect theorists, and psychoanalytic thinkers alike.\"\" - Anna Kornbluh, author of \u003ci\u003eRealizing Capital: Financial and Psychic Economies in Victorian Realist Form\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: The Similar and the Dissimilar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLack and Excess\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheory and Opposition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTragedy and Pathos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhilosophy and the Finite\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSignification and Desire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDistance and Proximity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOutside and Inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolitics and Comedy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion: Speculation and Levity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49950854218071,"sku":"9780810135802","price":27.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780810135802.jpg?v=1738903219","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/only-a-joke-can-save-us-a-theory-of-comedy-diaeresis-9780810135802","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}