Just short of the hour there's a great neo-Franklinism about humor and the character of the "erasure of the individual" that runs as a theme through this lecture and discussion.
It occurs to me that some of this persists in the "anonymous" public discourse that has any substance to speak of in a forum like YouTube or the greater blogosphere. Those anonymous voices that are effective, whether they have standing bestowed on them by authority or not, tend to use humor as a fundamental tool.
Just short of the hour there's a great neo-Franklinism about humor and the character of the "erasure of the individual" that runs as a theme through this lecture and discussion.
It occurs to me that some of this persists in the "anonymous" public discourse that has any substance to speak of in a forum like YouTube or the greater blogosphere. Those anonymous voices that are effective, whether they have standing bestowed on them by authority or not, tend to use humor as a fundamental tool.
DrSituationist 3 years ago
Am I right to assume this is Lewis Hyde, author of The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property? Thanks for posting this.
DrSituationist 3 years ago