Socially Critical Humor : Discussing Humor with Erich Fromm and Theodor W. Adorno
Hietalahti, J. (2017). Socially Critical Humor : Discussing Humor with Erich Fromm and Theodor W. Adorno. Idéias, 8(1), 87-108. https://doi.org/10.20396/ideias.v8i1.8649776
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This article brings Erich Fromm and Theodor W. Adorno back into
dialogue by discussing the cultural phenomena of humor and laughter based on their
theoretical writings. I argue that what is typically considered socially critical humor,
like off ensive jokes or harsh satire, often fails to meet the preconditions of criticism
in the light of Adorno’s and Fromm’s thinking. Humor, to be socially critical, has to
be life-affi rmative and non-positional, and it has to challenge the limits of humor. It is also
claimed that in this scope, humor cannot be instrumental.
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