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Can Laughter Make the World a Better Place?
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9781666732993
ISBN13:
9781666732993
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On one side is snide, arrogant, dismissive, sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, and otherwise abusive laughter. On the other side is laughter that is warm and supportive, compassionate and forgiving, encouraging, lifting, and healing. And there is so much in between. Such great differences in laughter lead to the question?can laughter make the world a better place? This book uses television shows like M*A*S*H and Malcolm in the Middle, movies like Zombieland and Life Is Beautiful, novels like A Confederacy of Dunces and The Sellout, insights by neuroscientists, philosophers, painters, social and political scientists, and an undocumented man and his daughter, as well as ideas from people like C. S. Lewis, Sigmund Freud, Bren? Brown, Tiffany Haddish, and Hannah Gadsby to answer that question.
| Author: Shawn R. Tucker |
| Publisher: Wipf And Stock |
| Publication Date: Apr 04, 2022 |
| Number of Pages: 150 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 1666732990 |
| ISBN-13: 9781666732993 |
Can Laughter Make the World a Better Place?
$23.00
$21.61
Sale 6%
On one side is snide, arrogant, dismissive, sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, and otherwise abusive laughter. On the other side is laughter that is warm and supportive, compassionate and forgiving, encouraging, lifting, and healing. And there is so much in between. Such great differences in laughter lead to the question?can laughter make the world a better place? This book uses television shows like M*A*S*H and Malcolm in the Middle, movies like Zombieland and Life Is Beautiful, novels like A Confederacy of Dunces and The Sellout, insights by neuroscientists, philosophers, painters, social and political scientists, and an undocumented man and his daughter, as well as ideas from people like C. S. Lewis, Sigmund Freud, Bren? Brown, Tiffany Haddish, and Hannah Gadsby to answer that question.
| Author: Shawn R. Tucker |
| Publisher: Wipf And Stock |
| Publication Date: Apr 04, 2022 |
| Number of Pages: 150 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 1666732990 |
| ISBN-13: 9781666732993 |
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