# The Odd One In

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- Book: [The Odd One In](https://www.bookquiver.com/alenka-zupancic/the-odd-one-in) ([The Odd One In.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/alenka-zupancic/the-odd-one-in.md))
- Authors: [Alenka Zupancic](https://www.bookquiver.com/alenka-zupancic)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6274-031-9
- Pages: 240
- Published: 2008-02-08
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A Lacanian look at how comedy might come to philosophy's rescue, with examples ranging from Hegel and Molière to George W. Bush and Borat. Why philosophize about comedy? What is the use of investigating...