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Seller: Sixes Book & Tackle, Port Orford, OR, U.S.A.Sixes Book & Tackle
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- Title
- On Humour (Thinking in Action)
- Author
- Simon Critchley
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Publication year
- 2002
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0415251214
- ISBN 13
- 9780415251211
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 1,050 grams
- Dimensions
- 12.9 centimeters width by 19.81 centimeters height by 0.84 centimeters depth
- Series
- Book 1 of 33: Thinking in Action
Does humour make us human, or do the cats and dogs laugh along with us? On Humour is a fascinating, beautifully written and funny book on what humour can tell us about being human. Simon Critchley skilfully probes some of the most perennial but least understood aspects of humour, such as our tendency to laugh at animals and our bodies, why we mock death with comedy and why we think it's funny when people act like machines. He also looks at the darker side of humour, as rife in sexism and racism and argues that it is important for reminding us of people we would rather not be.
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About the Author
Simon Critchley is Professor of Philosophy and Director for the Centre of Theoretical Studies at the University of Essex. He is the author of Ethics-Politics-Subjectivity (1999) and Very LittleAlmost Nothing (Routledge, 1997). His most recent book is Continental Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction (2001).
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Sixes Book & Tackle
Port Orford, OR, U.S.A.
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Book & Tackle located in downtown Port Orford, is the westernmost bookshop in the lower 48. We specialize in rare and unusual books and ephemera in all field, with a special focus on natural history, ecology, art, poetry, fishing, food & drink, foraging, rural arts, folk arts, the occult, anthropology, local histories, economics, gambling, & cryptography, as well as fly tying materials and tackle. We maintain a warehouse in neighboring Langlois, Oregon. Most of our inventory is not online, but we welcome your inquiries. Member ABAA / ILAB. B&T is a family owned and operated by Adam & Kate Davis, with their sons, Augie and Jack. Visitors to the shop may also run into Adam's parents, Stan and Debbie Davis. Stan Davis and the Davis boys also tie all the flies offered for sale in the shop. Adam & Kate have over 30 years experience in the rare book trade, and previously operated the bookshop and small press Division Leap.…
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