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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Humor, Laughter and Human Flourishing
    sub title: A Philosophical Exploration of the Laughing Animal
  name:
    name part: Gordon, Mordechai.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2014
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XIII, 100 p. online resource.
  abstract: This book is a philosophical investigation of the significance of humor and laughter, examining its relation to other human phenomena including truth, nihilism, dreams, friendship, intimacy, aesthetic experience, self-transcendence and education. The author addresses the relative neglect of humor and laughter among philosophers of education with this volume, where the focus is on the significance of humor and laughter for human flourishing. Central questions are threaded through this work: What does the study of humor and laughter bring to philosophy and specifically to philosophy of education? How is humorist thinking different from other modes of human knowing? What might happen if we were to respond to the absurdity of human existence with humor and laughter? What insights can be learned from a philosophical investigation of humor in relationship to other human phenomena such as dreams, friendship, intimacy, aesthetic experience and self-transcendence? And, finally, how can humor and laughter enhance human existence and flourishing? The author presents groundbreaking insights into what can be gained from a study of humor and laughter about human existence in general and flourishing in particular. This work will be of interest to philosophers, especially philosophers of education, as well as to teachers and educators. Its unique blend of philosophical investigation and humorous discourse is both a rigorous and accessible analysis of humor.
  note: by Mordechai Gordon.
  subject:
    topic: Education
  subject:
    topic: Philosophy and social sciences
  subject:
    topic: Education
    topic: Philosophy
  subject:
    topic: Education
  subject:
    topic: Educational Philosophy
  subject:
    topic: Philosophy of Education
  classification: LC8-6691
  classification: 370.1
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: SpringerBriefs in Education
  identifier: 9783319008349
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00834-9
  record info:
    record creation date: 130807
    record change date: 20151120171530.0
    record identifier: 978-3-319-00834-9