Socially Critical Humor: Discussing Humor with Erich Fromm and Theodor W. Adorno

dc.creatorHietalahti, Jarno
dc.date2017-08-03
dc.date2022-03-17T17:45:26Z
dc.date2022-03-17T17:45:26Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-23T16:31:46Z
dc.date.available2023-08-23T16:31:46Z
dc.identifierhttps://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/ideias/article/view/8649776
dc.identifier10.20396/ideias.v8i1.8649776
dc.identifierhttp://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/48335
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8374464
dc.descriptionThis article brings Erich Fromm and Theodor W. Adorno back into dialogue by discussing the cultural phenomena of humor and laughter based on their theoretical writings. I argue that what is typically considered socially critical humor, like offensive jokes or harsh satire, often fails to meet the preconditions of criticism in the light of Adorno’s and Fromm’s thinking. Humor, to be socially critical, has to be life-affirmative and non-positional, and it has to challenge the limits of humor. It is also claimed that in this scope, humor cannot be instrumental.
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dc.publisherUniversidade Estadual de Campinas
dc.relationhttps://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/ideias/article/view/8649776/16416
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2017 Idéias
dc.sourceIdeias; Vol. 8 No. 1 (2017): Diálogos na Teoria Crítica (Parte II); 87-108
dc.sourceIdeias; Vol. 8 Núm. 1 (2017): Diálogos na Teoria Crítica (Parte II); 87-108
dc.sourceIdeias; v. 8 n. 1 (2017): Diálogos na Teoria Crítica (Parte II); 87-108
dc.source2179-5525
dc.subjectE. Fromm. T. W. Adorno. Social criticism. Humor. Laughter.
dc.titleSocially Critical Humor: Discussing Humor with Erich Fromm and Theodor W. Adorno
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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