tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824261000607570706.post2796109576883567357..comments2023-07-03T11:49:37.837+01:00Comments on Theologies: Ho ho ho hosannaMarikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02613745498284783614noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824261000607570706.post-24153209305684501082010-05-21T21:00:11.991+01:002010-05-21T21:00:11.991+01:00The classic example is soviet jokes, which became ...The classic example is soviet jokes, which became a major social response to an impossible reality.<br /><br />http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~pv/courses/sovrus/jokes.htmlAndrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06544888419638975030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824261000607570706.post-73578098421028679472010-05-21T17:24:50.827+01:002010-05-21T17:24:50.827+01:00That's interesting. I definitely think that it...That's interesting. I definitely think that it would be interesting to look at the relationship between the sort of jokes we tell and the other ways we understand and police the boundaries of our communities. And I wonder what you could infer from the different sort of jokes that individuals find funny?Marikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02613745498284783614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824261000607570706.post-70682519837129545362010-05-21T15:19:21.802+01:002010-05-21T15:19:21.802+01:00I like the typology you relate of essentially happ...I like the typology you relate of essentially happy laughter and sad laughter.<br /><br />But for me, madness and eroticism sit oddly in the first category (perhaps wisdom and sexuality as well).<br /><br />And intoxicated laughter can be the most joyous thing in the world, or it can be shameful and ridiculous.<br /><br />I also like the idea of laughter as openness because that is an attitude towards others: it is not defining the nature of the laugh by the emotion supposedly causing it.<br /><br />Perhaps you could use a typology of laughter as a way in to a typology of communities, or as a barometer of social health.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06544888419638975030noreply@blogger.com