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title: "On Humour (Thinking in Action) Paperback – August 30, 2002"
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# On Humour (Thinking in Action) Paperback – August 30, 2002

**Brand:** simon critchley
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- **What is this?** On Humour (Thinking in Action) Paperback – August 30, 2002 by simon critchley
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Great place to start
  

*by B***Z on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 26, 2017*

Great place to start. I've used this as a textbook for my Comedy Theory course for many years, and I recommend it to anyone trying to understand why people laugh.  (Please take with a grain of salt the one-star review from Christopher Gontar.  If you google his name, he's left a one-star review for literally every comedy theory book. Not sure why!)

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    Excellent
  

*by D***M on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 29, 2012*

This book is about as good as it gets for anyone wanting to think in depth (not necessarily "seriously") about humour. It is commendable both for its overview of the relevant theories as well as for Critchley's original ideas. It is short enough to read in an evening, but sufficiently substantial as well. Critchley writes as well as any contemporary philosopher I've read, which helps immensely when tackling a subject like this.

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    Great reading
  

*by J***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 27, 2004*

Critchley observes humour from many perspectives: What is the role of crossing conventional cultural boundaries in comedy? How are the most simple-minded and -- may I say -- barbaric jests used as tools of societal isolation, racism and sexism? In what manner are religious ideas similar to or different from comical conceptions? Most importantly Critchley observes the relationship between our cultural existence and our profound and inescapable, but constantly disturbing animality.Critchley's writing is extremely enjoyable. His theorizing could be occasionally hard to grasp if not familiar with his philosophical background, but the book never turns dull. Actually, in addition to being able to keep up the reader's enthusiasm, Critchley's writing is also remarkably amusing. Not only being explained perceiving theory of comedy, the reader is also able to test the theory himself while reading by observing his own chuckles, bursts of laughter and dark grins as Critchley tells -- depending on the context -- more or less witty jests. And always the jokes help to illustrate his more academical ends.Personally I found the work fresh and inspiring, and also in aesthetic sense nimble. Enjoyable book, from cover to cover.

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