Constructivism and Comedy
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Only a Joke Can Save Us: A Theory of Comedy · Todd McGowan · p.213
Notes > Chapter 6
Theoretical move: This notes section elaborates the theoretical architecture of the book's comedy thesis by defending key distinctions (lack vs. excess, distance vs. identification, signifier-transformation vs. animal play) and engaging with Bergson/Morreall on disinterestedness, Kierkegaard on Christendom, and Kubrick on the formal necessity of comedy over drama for certain subject-matters.
constructivist philosophy represents a retreat from comedy. Constructivism understands individual identity as the result of the social forces that work together to generate it.