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The joy of pain : schadenfreude and the dark side of human nature /

Few people will easily admit to taking pleasure in the misfortunes of others. But who doesn't enjoy it when an arrogant but untalented contestant is humiliated on American Idol, or when the embarrassing vice of a self-righteous politician is exposed, or even when an envied friend suffers a smal...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, Richard H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2013]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • The highs of superiority
  • Looking up by looking down
  • Those others must fail
  • Self and other
  • Deserved misfortunes are sweet
  • Justice gets personal
  • Humilitainment
  • There's something about envy
  • Envy transmuted
  • Dark pleasures unleashed
  • How would Lincoln feel?