Published on June 14, 2024 at 8:38 p.m. / Modified on June 14, 2024 at 9:33 p.m.
What would be the height of a book about humor? To join the ranks of bibles? The Laughter Paradox by Olivia Gazalé (Ed. Seghers, 2024) nevertheless deserves this distinction, as the richness of this essay immediately elevates it to the shelf of reference works.
After exploring love (I love you in philosophy. When philosophers talk about love and sexRobert Laffont, 2012) and virility (The Myth of Virility. A trap for both sexesRobert Laffont, 2017), the philosopher addresses a new essential part of human and social life: laughter, which can both serve as an emancipatory resource or a tool of oppression.
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