[PDF.80yb] The Joy of Pain: Schadenfreude and the Dark Side of Human Nature

The Joy of Pain: Schadenfreude and the Dark Side of Human Nature

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 | #481633 in Books |  2014-09-01 |  2014-09-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  6.10 x.90 x9.10l,.0 | File type: PDF | 256 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Schadenfreude: Celebrating “Anesthesia of the Heart”|By Pumpjack|I didn’t like this book as much as I’d hoped, clearly because I am so much more intelligent than the author, and he is only a moderately talented writer.

Sorry. That’s my Schadenfreude talking.

Schadenfreude is that familiar sense of pleasure many (most? all?) of| ||"[An] enjoyable book... worth reading for its insights into the dark side of human nature and the delightful drawings that turn up periodically in the text. Created by the author's daughter, Rosanna Smith, these depictions -- a tortoise raising its arm in vic

Few people will easily admit to taking pleasure in the misfortunes of others. But who doesn't enjoy it when an arrogant but untalented contestant is humiliated on American Idol, or when the embarrassing vice of a self-righteous politician is exposed, or even when an envied friend suffers a small setback? The truth is that joy in someone else's pain--known by the German word schadenfreude--permeates our society.

In The Joy of Pain, psychologist Richard Smi...

You easily download any file type for your device.The Joy of Pain: Schadenfreude and the Dark Side of Human Nature   |  Richard H. Smith. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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