| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 320 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction to schadenfreude / Wilco W. van Dijk, Jaap W. Ouwerkerk -- Morality and schadenfreude / John Portmann -- Deservingness and schadenfreude / Norman T. Feather --Hypocrisy, schadenfreude / Caitlin A.J. Powell -- The personal comparative concern in schadenfreude / Aaron Ben Ze'ev -- Empirical challenges to understanding the role of envy in schadenfreude / Richard H. Smith, Stephen M. Thielke, Caitlin A.J. Powell -- Malicious envy and schadenfreude / Niels van de Ven -- Schadenfreude and consumer behavior / Jill M. Sundie -- Striving for positive self-evaluation as a motive for schadenfreude / Wilco W. van Dijk, Jaap W. Ouwerkerk -- Stereotypes and schadenfreude / Mina Cikara, Susan T. Fiske -- Schadenfreude in sports and politics : a social identity perspective / D. Ryan Schurtz, David Combs, Charles Hoogland, Richard H. Smith -- Intergroup rivalry and schadenfreude / Jaap W. Ouwerkerk, Wilco W. van Dijk -- Situating schadenfreude in social relations / Colin Wayne Leach, Russell Spears, Anthony S.R. Manstead -- Schadenfreude and laughter / Francis H. Buckley -- Schadenfreude and the desire for vengeance / Elise C. Seip, Mark Rotteveel, Lotte F. van Dillen, Wilco W. van Dijk -- Schadenfreude and pouting / John Portmann -- Schadenfreude and social life : a comparative perspective on the expression and regulation of mirth at the expense of others / Giselinde Kuipers -- Tracing down schadenfreude in spontaneous interaction : evidence from corpus linguistics / Kurt Feyaerts, Bert Oben -- Smile not, I venture to repeat" : schadenfreude in nineteenth-century American literature / Diederik Oostdijk -- Schadenfreude : concluding notes / Agneta H. Fischer |
| Summary |
When someone suffers a mishap, a setback or a downfall, we sometimes find ourselves experiencing schadenfreude - an emotion defined as deriving pleasure from another's misfortune. Schadenfreude is a common experience and an emotion which is seemingly inherent to social being. This book offers a comprehensive summary of current theoretical and empirical work on schadenfreude from psychological, philosophical and other scientific perspectives. The chapters explore justice as an underlying motive for schadenfreude and the role social comparison processes and envy play in evoking pleasure at the misfortunes of others in interpersonal relations. Schadenfreude is also described as a common phenomenon in intergroup relations. This is a compelling volume on a fascinating subject matter that aims to increase our understanding of the nature of this emotion and the role it plays in social relations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Envy
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Pleasure.
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Humiliation.
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Embarrassment.
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envy.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Physiological Psychology.
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Embarrassment
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Envy
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Humiliation
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Pleasure
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Schadenfreude
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dijk, Wilco W. van, 1968- editor
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Ouwerkerk, J. W. (Jaap W.), editor
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| ISBN |
9781316003565 |
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1316003566 |
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9781139084246 |
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1139084240 |
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9781316008065 |
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1316008061 |
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1139989707 |
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9781139989701 |
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1139985086 |
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9781139985086 |
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1316012565 |
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9781316012567 |
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1316001326 |
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9781316001325 |
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1316005828 |
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9781316005828 |
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