The Joy of Pain
Subtitle: Schadenfreude and the Dark Side of Human Nature
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780199734542
Description: Argues that schadenfreude is a normal human emotion, looking at its roots in feelings of justice, positive sense of self, and concern with inferiority.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The highs of superiority; title: Looking up by looking down; title: Others must fail; title: Self and other; title: Deserved misfortunes are sweet; title: Justice gets personal; title: Humilitainment; title: There's something about envy; title: Envy transmuted; title: Dark pleasures unleashed; title: How would Lincoln feel?; title: Conclusion