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Title Schadenfreude : understanding pleasure at the misfortune of others / edited by Wilco W. van Dijk and Jaap W. Ouwerkerk.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 320 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Figures and tables; Contributors; 1 Introduction to schadenfreude ; Part I Schadenfreude as a justice-based emotion; 2 Morality and schadenfreude ; 3 Deservingness and schadenfreude ; 4 Hypocrisy and schadenfreude ; Part II Schadenfreude as a comparison-based emotion; 5 The personal comparative concern in schadenfreude ; 6 Empirical challenges to understanding the role of envy in schadenfreude ; 7 Malicious envy and schadenfreude ; 8 Schadenfreude and consumer behavior.
9 Striving for positive self-evaluation as a motive for schadenfreude Part III Schadenfreude as an intergroup phenomenon; 10 Stereotypes and schadenfreude ; 11 Schadenfreude in sports and politics: a social identity perspective ; 12 Intergroup rivalry and schadenfreude ; 13 Situating schadenfreude in social relations ; Part IV Schadenfreude and related phenomena; 14 Schadenfreude and laughter ; 15 Schadenfreude and the desire for vengeance ; 16 Schadenfreude and pouting ; Part V Schadenfreude in society, language, and literature.
17 Schadenfreude and social life: a comparative perspective on the expression and regulation of mirth at the expense of others 18 Tracing down schadenfreude in spontaneous interaction: evidence from corpus linguistics ; 19 "Smile not, however, I venture to repeat": schadenfreude in nineteenth-century American literature ; 20 Schadenfreude, concluding notes ; Index.
Summary Why do we often enjoy other people's misfortune? This book provides a comprehensive summary of research on the emotion schadenfreude.
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Subject Envy.
Envy.
Pleasure.
Pleasure.
Humiliation.
Humiliation.
Embarrassment.
Embarrassment.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Dijk, Wilco W. van, 1968- editor.
Ouwerkerk, J. W. (Jaap W.), editor.
Other Form: Print version: Schadenfreude 9781107017504 (DLC) 2014001844 (OCoLC)871343780
ISBN 9781316003565 (electronic book)
1316003566 (electronic book)
9781139084246 (electronic book)
1139084240 (electronic book)
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