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Indlæser... Schadenfreude: The Joy of Another's Misfortuneaf Tiffany Watt Smith
   Ingen Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog.   ) CarrieWuj | Oct 24, 2020 | 
Whether the writer’s vulgarity is a pose adopted to establish her democratic credentials, or whether it is a true reflection of her mind, I cannot say—nor, indeed, which is the worse. It certainly does not conduce to great precision: "On the train home, you’ll start enumerating the reasons why their life is actually a bit crap." [...] Without intending to, [the book] displays in concentrated form the prevailing characteristic of modern British culture, namely a vulgarity in conception, thought, feeling, and expression which has been raised almost to the level of an ideology. It is filled not just with gags and shaming confessions, but chastening thoughts – nowhere more so than when she challenges the orthodoxy that schadenfreude has its limits. “Flirting with the morally questionable, testing the limits of where we ‘ought’ to stop, is an exciting game,” she argues. [...] But my pleasure curdled when I saw the author photo and blurb. Look at her with her smug scarf, clever hair and face, not to mention a Twitter handle referencing her doctorate. How I hope I’ll be stumbling into discounted piles of her book come January. But it is so delightful that probably won’t happen.
We all know the pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune. The Germans named this furtive delight in another's failure schadenfreude (from schaden damage, and freude, joy), and it has perplexed philosophers and psychologists for centuries. Why can it be so satisfying to witness another's distress? And what, if anything, should we do about it? Schadenfreude illuminates this hidden emotion, inviting readers to reflect on its pleasures, and how we use other people's miseries to feel better about ourselves. Written in an exploratory, evocative form, it weaves examples from literature, philosophy, film, and music together with personal observation and historical and cultural analysis. And in today's world of polarized politics, twitter trolls and "sidebars of shame," it couldn't be timelier. Engaging, insightful, and entertaining, Schadenfreude makes the case for thinking afresh about the role this much-maligned emotion plays in our lives -- perhaps even embracing it. No library descriptions found. |
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