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Index
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface
Prefatory Remarks, Self-Serving Explanations, and Unsolicited Compliments
Prologue
Part I: Anatomy of the Comic
1 The Comic Intrusion
Notes
2 Philosophers of the Comic, and the Comedy of Philosophy
Notes
3 Laughing Monks: A Very Brief Sinitic Interlude
Notes
4 Homo Ridens: Physiology and Psychology
Notes
5 Homo Ridiculus: Social Constructions of the Comic
Notes
6 Interlude: Brief Reflections on Jewish Humor
Notes
Part II: Comic Forms of Expression
7 The Comic as Diversion: Benign Humor
Notes
8 The Comic as Consolation: Tragicomedy
Notes
9 The Comic as Game of Intellect: Wit
Notes
10 The Comic as Weapon: Satire
Notes
11 Interlude: The Eternal Return of Folly
Notes
Part III: Toward a Theology of the Comic
12 The Folly of Redemption
Notes
13 Interlude: On Grim Theologians
Notes
14 The Comic as a Signal of Transcendence
Epilogue
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