Laughter aesthetics: Philosophical content of "grotesque realism" category in M. Bakhtin's philosophy of culture Cover Image

Естетика сміху: світоглядний зміст категорії "гротескний реалізм" у філософії культури М. Бахтіна
Laughter aesthetics: Philosophical content of "grotesque realism" category in M. Bakhtin's philosophy of culture

Author(s): Mykola Fedorenko
Subject(s): Aesthetics, Contemporary Philosophy, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Національна академія керівних кадрів культури і мистецтв
Keywords: Rabelais; aesthetics of laughter; laughter; grotesque realism; ambivalence;

Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to analyze the phenomenon of laughter as an example of aesthetic concepts comic Bakhtin, represented category of "grotesque realism." Focuses on the ambivalent character of laughter, his heuristic and cognitive meaning.