Satire and the Public Emotions

Robert (Flinders University) Phiddian

Cambridge University Press, 2020

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Phiddian explores the distinction between satirical and comic laughter, and the role of satire in licensing public expression of harsh emotions defined in neuroscience as the CAD (contempt, anger, disgust) triad. With a focus on eighteenth-century satirists such as Jonathan Swift, he reveals the importance of satire to free political expression.

ISBN-13
9781108798839
ISBN-10
1108798837
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2020
Publication date
2020-01-02
Pages
84
Dimensions
151x228x13
Weight
140