Multitudes 2007/3 No 30
Journal article

The Pleasure of Laughing

Pages 201 to 208

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  • TOMÀS, Régis,
2007. The Pleasure of Laughing. Multitudes, 2007/3 No 30, p.201-208. DOI : 10.3917/mult.030.0201. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-multitudes-2007-3-page-201?lang=en.
  • Tomàs, Régis.
« The Pleasure of Laughing ». Multitudes, 2007/3 No 30, 2007. p.201-208. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-multitudes-2007-3-page-201?lang=en.
  • Tomàs, R.
(2007). The Pleasure of Laughing. Multitudes, No 30(3), 201-208. https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.030.0201.

https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.030.0201

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Authors

Cite this article

  • Tomàs, R.
(2007). The Pleasure of Laughing. Multitudes, No 30(3), 201-208. https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.030.0201.
  • Tomàs, Régis.
« The Pleasure of Laughing ». Multitudes, 2007/3 No 30, 2007. p.201-208. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-multitudes-2007-3-page-201?lang=en.
  • TOMÀS, Régis,
2007. The Pleasure of Laughing. Multitudes, 2007/3 No 30, p.201-208. DOI : 10.3917/mult.030.0201. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-multitudes-2007-3-page-201?lang=en.

https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.030.0201

French
English

According to Bergson, there is no laugh without an “anaesthesia of the heart.” A kind of malice always ultimately lies in the depths of the pleasure of laughter. Can this pleasure be moral? It creates an affective community which can be both the site of identity and that of challenge, of calling everything into question. Cathartic, conservative, revolutionary, philosophical, desperate, the pleasure of laughter is a complex passion which must be taken seriously.

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https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.030.0201

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