Virtue of Wit: Humor, Social Connection, and Flourishing - Hardcover
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Lexington BooksISBN-13:9781666929669ISBN-10:1666929662UPC:9781666929669Book Category:Social Science, Philosophy, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Popular Culture, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, LinguisticsBook Topic:SociolinguisticsSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.44 inchesWeight:0.8708Product ID:SC3FYRC6Z7
Clair Morrissey defends a novel account of wit as the ability to artfully deploy playful ingenuity with words and behaviors that constitute our everyday shared social landscape. She argues that this aptitude for building human connection should be understood as a virtue, partially constitutive of living a good human life.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Lexington BooksISBN-13:9781666929669ISBN-10:1666929662UPC:9781666929669Book Category:Social Science, Philosophy, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Popular Culture, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, LinguisticsBook Topic:SociolinguisticsSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.44 inchesWeight:0.8708Product ID:SC3FYRC6Z7
Clair Morrissey is professor of philosophy at Occidental College.
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