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Derrida and levinas blackwell, 1992, which became an acclaimed source on deconstruction and was the first book to argue for an ethical dimension to deconstruction. On humour thinking in action kindle edition by simon critchley. Simon critchley is professor and head of the philosophy department at the. Did you hear the one about the philosopher writing a book on. 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 its funny. And tells some pretty good jokes keywords no keywords specified fix it categories philosophy of specific arts in aesthetics categorize this paper. Simon critchley born 27 february 1960 is an english philosopher and the hans jonas professor of philosophy at the new school for social research challenging the. Sigmund freud, humour, in the penguin freud reader, ed.
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