"Something Mechanical Encrusted on the Living Or, "Que Signifie Le Rire
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3775137 |
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| Authors | Richard Doyle (0000-0001-8515-6511, Department of English, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 83-87 |
| Publication date | 2016-07-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Angelaki (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0969-725X • E-ISSN: 1469-2899 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0969725x.2016.1205262 |
| OpenAlex | W2483706151 |
| Language | EN |
Theories of laughter exemplify the radical difference between descriptive language (“labels”) and actuality (“what occurs, including labels”). This difference is figured by Henri Bergson in his classic treatment of laughter as the mismatch between the mechanical and the living, a differential locus modeled herein with the help of a banana peel
Aesthetics · Art · Biology · Laughter · Literature · Locus (genetics · Psychoanalysis · Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis · Psychology · History
| Highly cited | No |
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