Laughing and Crying

Foreword
Preface
Part I. The Relation of Man to His Body
     1. The Problematic Nature of Laughing and Crying
     2. Against the Prejudice of a Dualistic Interpretation of Man and the False Alternatives
     3. The Eccentric Position
     4. Mediateness and Explicitness, Face and Voice
Part II. The Modes of Expression of Laughing and Crying
     1. Language, Gesture, and Expressive Movement
     2. The Notion of Expressive Movement in the Light of Action
     3. The Expressive Character of Laughing and Crying
Part III. Occasions of Laughter
     1. Expressive Movements of Joy and Titillation
     2. Play
     3. The Comic
     4. With and Humor (The Joke)
     5. Embarrassment and Despair
     6. The Releasing Moment
Part IV. Occasions of Crying
     1. The Mediated Character of Crying
     2. Attempts at Classification
     3. The Resonance of Feeling
     4. The Releasing Moment
Part V. The Source of Laughing and Crying
     1. Two Limits of Behavior
     2. The Two Boundary Reactions
Notes 
Bibliography
Index