A slap in the face : why insults hurt, and why they shouldn't /
William Irvine undertakes a wide-ranging investigation of insults, their history, the role they play in social relationships, and the science behind them, examining not just memorable zingers, such as Elizabeth Bowen's description of Aldous Huxley as "The stupid person's idea of a cle...
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2013]
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Table of Contents:
- Insult arsenal
- Words like daggers
- Subtle digs
- Bludgeoned with praise
- Benign insults
- Insult psychology
- World of hurt
- Who gets hurt?
- Why we insult
- Dealing with insults
- Personal responses to insults
- Societal responses to insults
- Insults, the inner game
- Insights.