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- catalog abstract """Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies," Gore Vidal once observed. It's funny, it's terrible, and it's true. What is it in human nature that makes us derive pleasure from others' - even friends' - suffering? John Portmann explores this all-too-human foible - what the Germans call Schadenfreude - in the first book ever written about this universal emotion." "Disagreement about suffering - what it is, who deserves it, and how much - has compelled philosophers for centuries. Portmann humanizes Schadenfreude by investigating what diverse thinkers like Nietzsche, Baudelaire, Freud, or Toni Morrison said about it. But Portmann does even more. Using Schadenfreude as a springboard, he explores pressing issues in contemporary society. For instance, what does our insatiable appetite for media images depicting power, scandal, and betrayal tell us about our culture? And, is capital punishment a modern-day euphemism for revenge?"--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11521544.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description """Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies," Gore Vidal once observed. It's funny, it's terrible, and it's true. What is it in human nature that makes us derive pleasure from others' - even friends' - suffering? John Portmann explores this all-too-human foible - what the Germans call Schadenfreude - in the first book ever written about this universal emotion." "Disagreement about suffering - what it is, who deserves it, and how much - has compelled philosophers for centuries. Portmann humanizes Schadenfreude by investigating what diverse thinkers like Nietzsche, Baudelaire, Freud, or Toni Morrison said about it. But Portmann does even more. Using Schadenfreude as a springboard, he explores pressing issues in contemporary society. For instance, what does our insatiable appetite for media images depicting power, scandal, and betrayal tell us about our culture? And, is capital punishment a modern-day euphemism for revenge?"--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-233) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: The Sometimes Sweet Suffering of Others -- When Pretty Bad Things Happen to Other People -- Much Ado about Nothing? -- Explaining Schadenfreude -- When Really Bad Things Happen to Other People -- The Meaning of Suffering -- Wicked Feelings -- Celebrating Suffering -- Punishment and Its Pleasure -- Cheering with the Angels -- Outlaw Emotions -- Conclusion: The Moral Problem of Schadenfreude.".
- catalog extent "xxi, 242 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0415923344 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0415923352 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Routledge,".
- catalog subject "248.4 21".
- catalog subject "BJ1409 .P67 2000".
- catalog subject "Pleasure Moral and ethical aspects.".
- catalog subject "Schadenfreude".
- catalog subject "Suffering Moral and ethical aspects.".
- catalog subject "Sympathy Moral and ethical aspects.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: The Sometimes Sweet Suffering of Others -- When Pretty Bad Things Happen to Other People -- Much Ado about Nothing? -- Explaining Schadenfreude -- When Really Bad Things Happen to Other People -- The Meaning of Suffering -- Wicked Feelings -- Celebrating Suffering -- Punishment and Its Pleasure -- Cheering with the Angels -- Outlaw Emotions -- Conclusion: The Moral Problem of Schadenfreude.".
- catalog title "When bad things happen to other people / John Portmann.".
- catalog type "text".