The Legacy of Nietzsche's Philosophy of Laughter: Bataille, Deleuze, and Rosset - Paperback

by Lydia Amir (Author)

This book investigates the role of humor in the good life, specifically as discussed in three prominent French intellectuals who were influenced by Nietzsche's thought: Georges Bataille, Gilles Deleuze, and Clément Rosset.

Author Biography

Lydia Amir is Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University, USA. She is the author of Humor and the Good Life: Shaftesbury, Hamann, Kierkegaard (2014), and Rethinking Philosophers' Responsibility (2017). She is the Founding-President of the International Association for the Philosophy of Humor, and editor of the Israeli Journal of Humor Research: An International Journal.