Laughing and Crying by Helmuth Plessner
First published in German in 1940 and widely recognized as a classic of philosophical anthropology, Laughing and Crying is a detailed investigation of these two particularly significant types of expressive behavior, both in themselves and in relation to human nature. Elaborating the philosophical account of human life he developed in Levels of Organic Life and the Human: An Introduction to Philosophical Anthropology, Plessner suggests that laughing and crying are expressions of a crisis brought about in certain situations by the relation of a person to their body.With a new foreword by J. M. Bernstein that situates the book within the broader framework of Plessner's philosophical anthropology and his richly suggestive and powerful account of human bodily life, Laughing and Crying is essential reading for anyone interested in the philosophy of the body, emotions, and human behavior.
HELMUTH PLESSNER (1892 -1985) was a leading figure in the field of philosophical anthropology. He was the author of more than thirteen books, including The Limits of Community: A Critique of Social Radicalism, The Levels of the Organic and the Human, and Laughing and Crying: A Study of the Limits of Human Behavior. HEIKE DELITZ is a Privatdozent in general sociology and social theory at the University of Bamberg. She is the author of Bergson-Effekte: Aversionen und Attraktionen im franzü¾¦˜¼sischen soziologischen Denken (The Bergson Effect: Aversions and Attractions in French Sociological Thought). JOACHIM FISCHER is an honorary professor of sociology at TU Dresden and president of the Helmuth Plessner Society. He is the author of Philosophische Anthropologie: Eine Denkrichtung des 20. Jahrhunderts (Philosophical Anthropology: A Current of Thought in the Twentieth Century) and Exzentrische Positionalitü¾†”¼t: Studien zu Helmuth Plessner (Eccentric Positionality: Studies on Helmuth Plessner). ROBERT SEYFERT is an Akademischer Rat (senior researcher/lecturer) at the Institute of Sociology at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. He is the author of Das Leben der Institutionen: Zu einer allgemeinen Theorie der Institutionen (The Life of Institutions: Toward a General Theory of Institutions). NILS F. SCHOTT, the James M. Motley Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University, is a widely published translator of work in the humanities, including Vladimir Jankü¾Ž–”¼lü¾Ž–”¼vitch's Henri Bergson.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780810103214 |
| ISBN 10 | 0810103214 |
| Title | Laughing and Crying |
| Author | Helmuth Plessner |
| Series | Studies In Phenomenology And Existential Philosophy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Northwestern University Press |
| Year published | 1970-01-15 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
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