{"product_id":"comedy-against-work-9781942173700","title":"Comedy Against Work","description":"\u003cp\u003e  • Publisher: Common Notions\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Common Notions\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Comedy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWork is a joke. Laughing at it is political.\u003c\/b\u003eHumor, Groucho Marx asserted, is \"reason gone mad.\" For Walter Benjamin, laughter was \"the most revolutionary emotion.\" In a moment when great numbers of people are reevaluating their commitment to the hellscape we call \"work,\" what does it mean to take comedy seriously--and to turn it against work?Both philosophically brilliant and deeply personal, \u003ci\u003eComedy Against Work\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates how laughing about work can puncture the pretensions of tyrannical bosses while uniting us around a commitment to radically new ways of making the world together. At the same time, Lane-McKinley exposes a war at the heart of contemporary comedy between those who see comedy as a weapon for punching down and those whose laughter points to social transformation. From stand-up to sitcoms, podcasts to late night, comedy reveals our longing to subvert power, escape the prison of work, and envision the joys of a liberated world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Common Notions","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45032808415383,"sku":"9781942173700","price":1372.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781942173700.webp?v=1767896947","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/comedy-against-work-9781942173700","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}