SMEHOM DO DRUŠTVENE PROMENE: O SAVREMENOJ UPOTREBI POLITIČKOG HUMORA
SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH LAUGHTER: ON THE CONTEMPORARY USE OF POLITICAL HUMOR
Author(s): Srđan ProdanovićSubject(s): Political behavior, Politics and society, Social Theory, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju
Keywords: humor; (political) satire; social engagement; social change;
Summary/Abstract: In this paper, we will try to examine some of the contemporary theoretical specifics of the political use of humor. The main starting point is that political humor ridicules precisely those behaviors that are too rigidly based on norms, conventions or prejudices that are crucial for the reproduction of a given social order. Humor thus necessarily refers to what is general in social action, and it is this aspect of it that makes it attractive for political use and social engagement. Based on these abstract insights, I will try to offer three directions of political use of humor. I will pay special attention to the way in which the overall stability of the system itself affects the political achievements of the humorous view of political events.
Journal: Kritika: časopis za filozofiju i teoriju društva
- Issue Year: 3/2022
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 19-32
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Serbian