Le Rire: Essai sur la signification du comique

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Le Rire: Essai sur la signification du comique is a 1900 philosophical work by Henri Bergson that analyzes the nature and social function of laughter and the comic.

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instanceOf book
non-fiction book
philosophical work
author Henri Bergson NERFINISHED
centralConcept inattention to life
mechanical encrusted upon the living
rigidity of character
social corrective function of laughter
countryOfOrigin France
field aesthetics of the comic
philosophy of art
social philosophy
genre aesthetics
humor theory
philosophy
hasPart first essay
second essay
third essay
hasTranslation Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic NERFINISHED
influenced 20th-century philosophy of humor
literary theory of comedy
sociology of laughter
theory of film comedy
influencedBy Henri Bergson's earlier philosophical work
language French
mainSubject laughter
philosophy of humor
social function of laughter
the comic
notableIdea comic as a social phenomenon
comic effect produced by rigidity
laughter as a social sanction
originalTitle Le Rire: Essai sur la signification du comique NERFINISHED
period early 20th century
philosophicalTradition Bergsonian philosophy
French philosophy
publicationType essay collection
publicationYear 1900
publisher French publisher (1900)
title Le Rire: Essai sur la signification du comique NERFINISHED
translatedTitle Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic NERFINISHED

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Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic originalTitle Le Rire: Essai sur la signification du comique