The joy of pain : schadenfreude and the dark side of human nature
Smith, Richard H.2013
Book
Argues that schadenfreude is a normal human emotion, looking at its roots in feelings of justice, positive sense of self, and concern with inferiority.
Main title:
The joy of pain : schadenfreude and the dark side of human nature / Richard H. Smith.
Author:
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Collation:
xviii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The highs of superiority -- Looking up by looking down -- Those others must fail -- Self and other -- Deserved misfortunes are sweet -- Justice gets personal -- Humilitainment -- There's something about envy -- Envy transmuted -- Dark pleasures unleashed -- How would Lincoln feel?.
ISBN:
9780199734542 (hardback)
Dewey class:
152.4
LC class:
BF575.E65
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
91778
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Library at the Dock | -Health | HEALTH 152.4 SMIT | Available |