Uncivil mirth : ridicule in enlightenment Britain / Ross Carroll.
Uncivil mirth : ridicule in enlightenment Britain / Ross Carroll.
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Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]
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G 2021/2697
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English
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xiii, 255 pages ; 24 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
A polite Diogenes? ridicule in Shaftesbury's politics of toleration -- Sociability, censorship and the limits of ridicule from Shaftesbury to Hutcheson -- Against 'dissolute mirth' : Hume's scepticism about ridicule -- Scoffing at scepticism : ridicule and common sense -- "Too solemn for laughter"?...
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Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]
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New Jersey
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[2021]
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"Ridicule is a ubiquitous feature of modern politics. Few participants in a political contest can resist the temptation to ridicule their opponents in order to demean them, persuade others to regard them with scorn, or expose their hypocrisy. Yet ridicule also has the potential to undermine the conditions necessary for politics itself, converting d...
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Uncivil mirth : ridicule in enlightenment Britain / Ross Carroll.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-242) and index.
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G 2021/2697
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74VKaX5QPoDO
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0691182558
9780691182551
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179.8
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991024439827902626
