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His most recent books include tragedy, the greeks and us and what we think about when we think about football, though he has written on topics as diverse as david bowie, religion, and suicide. He is a fan of liverpool football club and has said that, it maybe the governing passion of my life. By scrutinizing the very nature of humour, critchley explores what we need to laugh at ourselves and presents the need to confront the inescapable ridiculousness of life. On humour isbn 9780415251204 pdf epub simon critchley ebook. Today, however, these questions seem to be addressed not by philosophers but selfhelp gurus, who frantically champion the individuals quest for selfexpression and selfrealization. The book of dead philosophers by simon critchley is really like an chronological index of a bunch of world philosophers, a brief summary of their philosophical contribution, then an anecdote about how they died. With all my lovehate, jamieson who is about to drive us off a cliff. On humour is a fascinating, beautifully written and funny book on what humour can tell. Simon critchley skilfully probes some of the most perennial but least understood aspects of humour, such as.
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