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    Laughter (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic

    By Henri Bergson

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    “What does laughter mean?” In this pioneering, idiosyncratic 1900 work, the great philosopher traveled where few before Freud dared to venture. Examining laughter from a psychological, social, and moral perspective, Bergson finds a source of our common humanity. He revised the work while supervising this English translation.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBarnes & Noble
    Release dateFeb 22, 2011
    ISBN9781411439436
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