{"product_id":"post-comedy-paperback-softback-9781509563395","title":"Post-Comedy (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509563395","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePost-Comedy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlfie Bown (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509563395, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 November 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e144 pages\u003cbr\u003e18.8 x 12.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.159 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Comedy has never been more imperiled. In this epochal book that tells us exactly why comedy is in its current state, Alfie Bown takes us out of the darkness and into the light. \u003ci\u003ePost-Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e makes the connection that only appears obvious because he has written it: capitalism is bad for comedy. For anyone who wants a laugh along with the most penetrating social analysis around, run out and find Alfie Bown’s book. It’s absolutely not to be missed.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTodd McGowan, University of Vermont\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot so long ago, comedy and laughter were a shared experience of relief, as Freud famously argued. At their best, ribbing, roasting, piss-taking and insulting were the foundation of a kind of universal culture from which friendship, camaraderie and solidarity could emerge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow, comedy is characterized by edgy humour and misplaced jokes that provoke personal and social anxiety, causing divisive cultural warfare in the media and among people. Our comedy is fraught with tension like never before, and so too is our social life. We often hear the claim that no one can take a joke anymore.  But what if we really can’t take jokes anymore?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book argues that the spirit of comedy is the first step in the building of society, but that it has been lost in the era of divisive identity politics. Comedy flares up debates about censorship and cancellation, keeping us divided from one other. This goes against the true universalist spirit of comedy, which is becoming a thing of the past and must be recovered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: The Tension of Comedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Reactionary and a Liberal walk into a bar…\u003cbr\u003eThe Ideology of Laughing Freely\u003cbr\u003eDidactic or Retroactive Laughter\u003cbr\u003eThe Form of Jokes\u003cbr\u003eDespicable Jokes and the Ideology of Exception\u003cbr\u003eAnxiety and Laughter\u003cbr\u003eSneezing Corpses\u003cbr\u003eSatire and Satiation from Brexit to Trump ‘24\u003cbr\u003eMemes and Group Psychology\u003cbr\u003eKeks and LOLs: Playground Humour\u003cbr\u003eMilk Pouring and Trolling: Perverse, Psychotic, Neurotic\u003cbr\u003eActivist or Fetishist\u003cbr\u003eDancing Laughter and Clowns from St Vitus to TikTok\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Jokes, Masters and Orgasms\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52460660228376,"sku":"9781509563395","price":10.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509563395.jpg?v=1785457187","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/post-comedy-paperback-softback-9781509563395","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}