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When Bad Things Happen to Other People by Portmann, John is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
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"Disagreement about suffering - what it is, who deserves it, and how much - has compelled philosophers for centuries. Portmann humanizes Schadenfreude by investigating what diverse thinkers like Nietzsche, Baudelaire, Freud, or Toni Morrison said about it. But Portmann does even more. Using Schadenfreude as a springboard, he explores pressing issues in contemporary society. For instance, what does our insatiable appetite for media images depicting power, scandal, and betrayal tell us about our c
Who reads When Bad Things Happen to Other People?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Portmann, John
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis;Routledge
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9786610407316
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- History, Philosophy, Religion
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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