The Comic as an Existential Category in Kierkegaardâs Thought

Viktoras Bachmetjevas

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004548817_005

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The chapter discusses Kierkegaardâs concept of the comic and related concepts of irony and humour. By the analysis of Kierkegaardâs usage of these concepts, it is argued that Kierkegaard can not be ascribed neither to the incongruity theory, nor to the relief theory of laughter, although he makes use of the elements of both of these theories. Instead, it is argued, Kierkegaard should be seen as providing an original theory of the comic, which sees for the comic a crucial and fundamental role in dealing with oneâs existential predicament.

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Philosophy of Humour

New Perspectives

Series:Â Value Inquiry Book Series, Volume: 389

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004548817

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 04 Jul 2023

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