Laughter in Eastern and Western Philosophies
Proceedings of the Académie du Midi
Hans-Georg Moeller, Günter Wohlfart
This anthology looks at laughter through intercultural and interdisciplinary perspectives. It focuses on humoristic aspects of East-Asian philosophies such as Daoism and Zen Buddhism as well as on the use of irony and wit by Western authors ranging from ancient Greece to contemporary Newfoundland.