KANT’S HUMOROUS WRITINGS
Kant is commonly regarded as one of the most austere philosophers of all time. This book provides quite a different perspective of the founder of transcendental philosophy, revealing Kant as a thinker deeply interested in how humor and laughter shape how we think, feel, and communicate with fellow human beings. In addition to a foreword on Kant’s theory of humor by US philosopher Noël Carroll, this study contains new (somewhat free) translations of Kant’s jokes and quips (helping Kant out as much as possible). Each anecdote is illustrated as well as supplemented by historical commentary explaining its significance. Just don’t expect to laugh.
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at Kantian Review at British Journal of Aesthetics at website Weird Universe
