10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELF-RIDICULE»
Discover the use of
self-ridicule in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
self-ridicule and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Jokes and Their Relations
I have stated the hypothesis in its most elaborate form. The accumulation of terms
is not really necessary. Usually the hypothesis is more simply conceptualized:
either self-ridicule or self-criticism or self- degradation or self-defeat is caused by
...
2
Beyond Shame and Pain: Forgiving Yourself and Others
This kind of inescapable intensity accounts for the tenacity with which shame and
self become fused as the shameful self. Ridicule cannot easily be shaken off or
displaced. It seeps inward, engulfing and permeating the developing sense of ...
John Michael Berecz,
1998
The British love of good-humored self-ridicule seems as old as England itself.
Oddly enough the grim- ness of war, instead of dampening this spirit, has
quickened it to a new sense of the ridiculous. With hundreds of years of battle
safely ...
4
Plato's Cratylus: The Comedy of Language
What such critical self-ridicule (or ridiculous selfcritique) shows above all is that
one's pretensions to knowledge are not in fact knowledge, and that one therefore
does not know what one thought one knew. In other words, self-ridicule, ...
Shane Montgomery Ewegen,
2013
5
No Joke: Making Jewish Humor
In this book, Ruth Wisse evokes and applauds the genius of spontaneous Jewish joking--as well as the brilliance of comic masterworks by writers like Heinrich Heine, Sholem Aleichem, Isaac Babel, S. Y. Agnon, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and ...
6
The Cambridge Companion to the Irish Novel
Many Irish writers had been compelled when publishing their books in London to
resort to disarming self-ridicule, gentle humour or harmless fancifulness in order
to make their appeal. Even Wilde and Shaw sugared the pill of their own ...
7
Social Psychology Alive
In another version of the videotape, the man who made the mistakes expressed
the same derogatory comments, but this time directed at himself (e.g., “If a loser
like me can fix a tire, so can you”). This self-ridicule condition was not expected to
...
Steven Breckler, James Olson, Elizabeth Wiggins,
2005
8
Ugliness: The Non-beautiful in Art and Theory
Their existence made visible a problematic, deeper question. Via their witty self-
ridicule and ridiculous rules (not to mention the projected self-respect that went
with abiding by them), Ugly Clubs participated in a broader historical
interrogation ...
Andrei Pop, Mechtild Widrich,
2013
9
Losers, Loners, and Rebels: The Spiritual Struggles of Boys
... personalities, voices, teachers, interests, desires, cultures, and experiences
that come together to form his completely original, ever changing self. Ridicule
threatens to reduce him to a rigid, uninteresting, disinterested caricature of
himself.
Robert C. Dykstra, Allan Hugh Cole, Donald Capps,
2007
10
Carnival and Theater (Routledge Revivals): Plebian Culture ...
Self-abjection and self-ridicule are significant elements in an elaborate system of
deferential gesture and compliment. 'Beare with their wants, lull melancholie
asleepe with their absurdities, and expect hereafter better fruites of their industrie.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELF-RIDICULE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
self-ridicule is used in the context of the following news items.
Chetan Bhagat Loses It On Nach Baliye
Likewise, the television-watching public whose shock and disbelief at this grand display of self-ridicule would remain with them until maybe the next dance ... «PINKVILLA, Jul 15»
BOOK REVIEW: A Fountain in France
... like she says, "without humour and self-ridicule, no one could survive living in a strange country". She describes how being French does not come naturally to ... «BDlive, Jul 15»
Nigerias President Opens the Door to Talks With Boko Whom?
If Jonathan couldn't achieve anything but self-ridicule in his attempt to reach a deal with an organized Boko Haram, then his successor, Buhari, will need ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
Kendrick Lamar Let Us All Down By Responding To Geraldo Rivera
Kendrick would've been better served to let Geraldo exist in his dubious bubble as a caricature and monger of self-ridicule. The idea that Kendrick, of all rappers, ... «UPROXX, Jul 15»
Rom-com on automatic pilot misses landing
And while Hugh Grant does Hugh Grant by the book, you may also get the feeling he's doing early Woody Allen as well — you know: self-ridicule, sarcasm, ... «Buenos Aires Herald, Jun 15»
Christopher Paul Stelling to play 'CBS This Morning,' release new CD
Singer-guitarist Christopher Paul Stelling says in his bio that his song “Warm Enemy” is “about the inevitable folly of self-ridicule and self-praise. This is a song ... «Daytona Beach News-Journal, Jun 15»
Comedy show brings an hour of laughs
Self-ridicule is used to great effect as Chandrahasen retells his traveller's tales. His nondescript appearance, jeans and a casual shirt, place him with us, one of ... «The Nelson Mail, May 15»
Listen to 'Warm Enemy,' a Track From Christopher Paul Stelling's …
This is a song about the inevitable folly of self-ridicule and self-praise. This is a song about the importance of persistence. Or it's a song about nothing at all.”. «Diffuser.fm, Mar 15»
Katjavivi schools MPs on misconduct
This is for the most part a waste of time and often self-ridicule by members. Points of orders are parliamentary devices that are meant to enrich debate and not ... «New Era, Mar 15»
Opinion: Idiocy and Islamophobia
Of course, it took the form of our usual humor and self-ridicule as Muslims and Arabs, but it also pointed to the heightened atmosphere of fear and suspicion ... «Asharq Alawsat English, Jan 15»