Stop Me If You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of

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Stop Me If You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes

â€œFinally I understand what it is Iâ€™ve been laughing at all these years.â€â€•Jimmy Kimmel
From the best-selling author of Why Does the World Exist? comes this outrageous, uproarious compendium of absurdity, filth, racy paradox, and gratuitousÂ offensivenessâ€•just the kind of mature philosophical reflection readers have come to expect from the ever-entertaining Jim Holt. Indeed, Stop Me If Youâ€™ve
Heard This is the first book to trace the evolution of the joke all the way from the standup comics of ancient Athens to the comedy-club Seinfelds of today. After exploring humorâ€™s history in Part One, Holt delves into philosophy in Part Two: Wall Street jokes; jokes about rednecks and atheists, bulimics and politicians; jokes you missed if you didnâ€™t go to a Catholic girlsâ€™ school; jokes about logic and existence itself . . . all became fodder for the grand theories of Aristotle, Kant, Freud, and Wittgenstein in this heady mix of the high and low, of the ribald and profound, from Americaâ€™s most beloved philosophical pundit. 15 illustrations
Country USA
Brand LIVERIGHT
Manufacturer Liveright
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
ReleaseDate 2013-10-21
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780871407207

Country	USA
Brand	LIVERIGHT
Manufacturer	Liveright
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
ReleaseDate	2013-10-21
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780871407207

Stop Me If You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes

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