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1. 1. Histoire Du Rire Et De La Dérision

   

   A wide-ranging cultural and historical survey that traces how laughter and derision have been understood and used from antiquity to the modern era, examining their social, moral and psychological functions; it interweaves philosophical and literary theories of comedy (superiority, release, incongruity) with concrete practices such as satire, carnival, religious mockery, legal and political ridicule, and therapeutic or subversive uses, showing how laughter both enforces and challenges power, norms and identities across different periods.

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