
by Henri Bergson · Losada · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789500397391
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In this essay, Henri Bergson explores the various facets that provoke laughter, seeking to identify the humorous elements that make us laugh. Bergson describes laughter as a living entity with a significant social purpose. The author, recognized as one of the great philosophers of the 20th century, applies his original approach, which merges psychological analysis, sociology, philosophy, and natural sciences, to overcome positivism and open new perspectives in the study of comedy. This book, written with an entertaining and profound style, offers a clear and accessible view of the subject, establishing itself as an influential work in the cultural field.

Henri-Louis Bergson was a French philosopher who was influential in the traditions of analytic philosophy and continental philosophy, especially during the first half of the 20th century until the Second World War, but also after 1966 when Gilles Deleuze published Le Bergsonisme.