A case for irony

Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press (2011)
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" Here Jonathan Lear argues that irony is one of the tools we use to live seriously, to get the hang of becoming human.

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BH301.I7.L43 2011

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9780674061453   0674416880   0674061454

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10.4159/harvard.9780674063143
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Preface

1. To Become Human Does Not Come That Easily

2. Ironic Soul

3. Self-Constitution and Irony

4. Irony, Reflection, and Psychic Unity

5. Psychoanalysis and the Limits of Reflection

6. The Immanence of Irony and the Efficacy of Fantasy

7. Thoughts about Irony and Identity

8. Flight from Irony

9. On the Observing Ego and the Experiencing Ego

10. Observing Ego and Social Voice

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