ALBERG, Jeremiah L.
Tokunin Kyoju (Professor by Special Appointment) Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University |
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Date | 2011/04/13 |
Presentation Theme | Why Rousseau Cannot Laugh |
Conference | René Girard and Other Religions |
Presentation Type | Speech (General) |
Contribution Type | Individual |
Researchers and Co-Researchers | ALBERG, Jeremiah L. |
Details | Using Girard's analysis of comedy as the loss of the place of self-mastery, I show that Rousseau manifests a great fear of comedy in his Letter to d'Alembert |