`From Thomas Hobbes′ fear of the power of laughter to the compulsory, packaged ‘fun’ of the contemporary mass media, Billig takes the reader on a stimulating tour of the strange world of humour. Both a significant work of scholarship and a novel contribution to the understanding of the humourous, this is a seriously engaging book′ –
David Inglis, University of Aberdeen
This delightful book tackles the prevailing assumption that laughter and humour are inherently good...
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Introduction
A Critique of Positive Humour
PART ONE: HISTORICAL ASPECTS
Superiority Theories
Hobbes and other Misogelasts
Incongruity Theories and Gentlemanly Laughter
Victor...
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Professor Michael Billig is professor of social sciences at the University of Loughborough. His most recent books are Ideology and Opinions: Studies in Rhetorical Sociology (SA...