11: Ridicule & Laughter with Prof. Michael Billig
Laughter Research
English - March 05, 2015 12:09 - 39 minutes - 17.9 MBEducation Science Social Sciences comedy humour health humor laughter mental psychology research science wellbeing Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: 10: Comedian & 'Yummy Daddy' - Steve Cummins
The main focus of my conversation with Prof. Billig was the topic of his book Laughter and Ridicule: Towards a Social Critique of Humour (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society) in which he explores the important role which ridicule and laughter play in shaping social behaviours. In his book, Michael takes a critical approach to the topics of laughter and humour and he questions the common assumptions which are made, in particular by popular and academic psychology.