The Odd One In: On Comedy

by Alenka Zupančič

Book Overview

A Lacanian look at how comedy might come to philosophy's rescue, with examples ranging from Hegel and Moli re to George W. Bush and Borat.

Why philosophize about comedy? What is the use of investigating the comical from philosophical and psychoanalytic perspectives? In The Odd One In, Alenka Zupancic considers how philosophy and psychoanalysis can help us understand the movement and the logic involved in the practice of comedy,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262740311
• ISBN13: 9780262740319
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher