laughter
Laughter is a type of loud laughter , usually from several people. Very often one speaks of laughter as an outsider. Laughter can be contagious to other people present. Soft laughter is not laughter. The generic term for laughter is laughter.
Types of laughter
The literature distinguishes between different types of laughter:
- Evil laughter is divided into demonic , screeching, anarchic , malicious , sneering and mocking laughter.
- The goblin laugh is first interpreted as light and loud laughter , later as derisive laughter and even later partly as neighing , which in turn is then referred to in Christian areas as diabolical laughter .
- Under National Socialism the Jews were said to have "diabolical, mocking laughter" in order to portray them as devils
- Roaring laughter as a synonym for loud laughter. It ranges from heartfelt laughter to roaring laughter.
- Wooden laughter is an ancient name of the xylophone
- Sardonic laughter
- Sometimes there is also talk of a “laughter of the universe”, which is also found in Jean-Paul Sartre and the existentialists . Friedrich Nietzsche writes:
"I laugh at your free will and also at your unfree: madness is what your will means to me, there is no will."
Causes and Effects of Laughter
Laughter often arises in a crowd in response to a joke, joke, or sarcastic laughter to provocation. Laughter is made easier by alcohol. Loud laughter often arises in an intoxicated mood. Common laughter serves to identify the group. Anyone who does not participate in the laughter is an outsider. The word “laughter” is often associated with negative emotions. Unlike laughter, laughter often indicates arrogance. Laughter is used to make something ridiculous .
See also
literature
- Friedrich Nietzsche: Thus spoke Zarathustra, The speeches of Zarathustra, Of old and young women.
- Werner Röcke , Hans Rudolf Velten: Laughter communities. Cultural stagings and social effects of laughter in the Middle Ages and in the early modern period. Google Books. . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 2005, ISBN 3-11-018236-X .
- Karl J. Keppler: The laugh of women. The demonic in the feminine. Goethe - Wagner - Thomas Mann. Google Books. Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2005, ISBN 3-8260-3092-3 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.zeno.org/Wander-1867/A/Gel%C3%A4chter?hl=gelachter
- ↑ Peter Garloff: Philology of the story (page 163), published by King & Neumann, 2003, ISBN 3826025067 and ISBN 9783826025068
- ↑ Friedrich Leberecht Wilhelm Schwartz: The origin of mythology: Explained in Greek and German sagas (page 110), W. Hertz , 1860 (the original is in the University of California )
- ↑ Christina von Braun, Eva-Maria Ziege: The "movable" prejudice: Aspects of international anti-Semitism (page 106), Verlag Königshausen & Neumann, 2004, ISBN 3826028201 and ISBN 9783826028205
- ↑ Curt Sachs: Real Lexicon of Musical Instruments at the same time a polyglossary for the entire field of instruments (page 188), Georg Olms Verlag, 1979, ISBN 3487002051 and ISBN 9783487002057