Self-Serving Explanations and Unsolicited Compliments
The Comic Intrusion
Philosophers of the Comic, and the Comedy of Philosophy
Laughing Monks: A Very Brief Sinitic Interlude
Homo Ridens: Physiology and Psychology
Homo Ridiculus: Social Constructions of the Comic
Interlude: Brief Reflections on Jewish Humor
The Comic as Diversion: Benign Humor
The Comic as Consolation: Tragicomedy
The Comic as Game of Intellect: Wit
The Comic as Weapon: Satire
Interlude: The Eternal Return of Folly
The Folly of Redemption
Interlude: On Grim Theologians
The Comic as a Signal of Transcendence.