En este espléndido ensayo filosófico escrito en los albores del siglo XX, Henri Bergson se pregunta por qué la gente ríe y cuál es el significado de su risa. Se trata de tres textos encadenados tras las mismas preguntas: ¿qué hay en el lenguaje que hace que un chiste sea cómico?, ¿por qué lo cómico nos hace reír?

> Babelio : https://www.babelio.com/livres/Bergson-Le-rire/1441720

> « Ainsi, jusque dans notre propre individu,
l’individualité nous échappe.
Nous vivons dans une zone mitoyenne
entre les choses et nous,
extérieurement aux choses,
extérieurement aussi à nous-même. »
—Henri Bergson, Le rire.

This is unique in a way, not many philosophers wrote about laughter or humor. The most any notable thinker wrote - like Plato, Hobbes, and Kant - was an essay or a few paragraphs within a discussion of another topic. Henri Bergson’s 'Laughter' was the first book by a notable philosopher on humor!
Also, it should be noted that the word humor was not used in its current sense of funniness until the 18th century.

Humor arises from the incongruity between our notions of ourselves as humans, and the subversion of that notion by the mechanical nature of our lives.

Read The Incongruity Theory here!
But that'd be too much to do on this!
But maybe you want to for some reason!
Or...just don't! Go and watch some telly goddammit! ( )

This is unique in a way, not many philosophers wrote about laughter or humor. The most any notable thinker wrote - like Plato, Hobbes, and Kant - was an essay or a few paragraphs within a discussion of another topic. Henri Bergson’s 'Laughter' was the first book by a notable philosopher on humor!
Also, it should be noted that the word humor was not used in its current sense of funniness until the 18th century.

Humor arises from the incongruity between our notions of ourselves as humans, and the subversion of that notion by the mechanical nature of our lives.

Read The Incongruity Theory here!
But that'd be too much to do on this!
But maybe you want to for some reason!
Or...just don't! Go and watch some telly goddammit! ( )

This is unique in a way, not many philosophers wrote about laughter or humor. The most any notable thinker wrote - like Plato, Hobbes, and Kant - was an essay or a few paragraphs within a discussion of another topic. Henri Bergson’s 'Laughter' was the first book by a notable philosopher on humor!
Also, it should be noted that the word humor was not used in its current sense of funniness until the 18th century.

Humor arises from the incongruity between our notions of ourselves as humans, and the subversion of that notion by the mechanical nature of our lives.

Read The Incongruity Theory here!
But that'd be too much to do on this!
But maybe you want to for some reason!
Or...just don't! Go and watch some telly goddammit! ( )