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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Žižek, Slavoj.
Žižek’s jokes : (did you hear the one about Hegel and negation?) / by Slavoj Žižek ; edited by Audun Mortensen ; afterword by Momus.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-262-02671-0 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Wit and humor—Philosophy. 2. Wit and humor—Psychological aspects. 3. Philosophy—Humor. 4. Joking—Psychological aspects. I. Mortensen, Audun. II. Title.
PN6149.P5Z59 2013
808.87—dc23
2013019607
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