On humour
By: Simon Critchley.
Series: Thinking in action
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London, England; New York City, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
Subjects: Wit and humor -- History and criticism.
Description: Simon Critchley skillfully probes some of the most perennial but least understood features 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-124) and index.