02628nam a2200577Ki 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019006001900036007001500055008004100070040002200111020003500133020003200168020001500200020001800215035002100233035001800254050002600272072001300298072002500311082001200336084001500348049000900363100002900372245008600401264004300487264001100530300004000541336002600581337002800607338002700635504004100662505063100703588004701334650003101381650003801412650002301450650001601473650004601489650004501535650005101580650005001631650005801681655002201739776011101761856010501872938002801977910001602005994001202021999001702033ocn857467575OCoLC20200709055917.0m        d        cr cnu---unuuu130903s1997    nyu     ob    000 0 eng d  aN$TerdaepncN$T  a9783110810660 (electronic bk.)  a3110810662 (electronic bk.)  z3110155621  z9783110155624  a(OCoLC)857467575  a627600b(N$T) 4aBR115.C63bB47 1997eb 7aBR2lcco 7aRELx0670202bisacsh04a233222  a77.632bcl  aN$TA1 aBerger, Peter L.,d1929-10aRedeeming laughter :bthe comic dimension of human experience /cPeter L. Berger. 1aNew York :bWalter de Gruyter,c[1997] 4c©1997  a1 online resource (xvii, 215 pages)  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references.0 aSelf-Serving Explanations and Unsolicited Compliments -- The Comic Intrusion -- Philosophers of the Comic, and the Comedy of Philosophy -- Laughing Monks: A Very Brief Sinitic Interlude -- Homo Ridens: Physiology and Psychology --  Homo Ridiculus: Social Constructions of the Comic -- Interlude: Brief Reflections on Jewish Humor -- The Comic as Diversion: Benign Humor -- The Comic as Consolation: Tragicomedy -- The Comic as Game of Intellect: Wit -- The Comic as Weapon: Satire -- Interlude: The Eternal Return of Folly -- The Folly of Redemption -- Interlude: On Grim Theologians -- The Comic as a Signal of Transcendence.  aDescription based on print version record. 0aComedyxReligious aspects. 0aWit and humorxReligious aspects.17aHet komische.2gtt 0aComic, The. 6aComiquexAspect religieuxxChristianisme. 6aHumourxAspect religieuxxChristianisme. 7aComiquexAspect religieuxxChristianisme.2ram 7aHumourxAspect religieuxxChristianisme.2ram 7aRELIGION / Christian Theology / Anthropology2bisacsh 4aElectronic books.08iPrint version:aBerger, Peter L., 1929-tRedeeming laughterz3110155621w(DLC)   97012095w(OCoLC)36582128403EBSCOhostuhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=627600  aEBSCOhostbEBSCn627600  acpp1723AUTO  a02bN$T  c53648d53648