Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction The Sometimes Sweet Suffering of Others; Key to Abbreviations; Much Ado about Nothing?; Explaining Schadenfreude; The Meaning of Suffering; Wicked Feelings; Celebrating Suffering; Punishment and Its Pleasure; Cheering with the Angels; Outlaw Emotions; Conclusion The Moral Problem of Schadenfreude; Notes; Works Consulted; Index
Summary
Drawing on the teachings of history's most prominent philosophers the author explores the concept of Schadenfreude in this rigorous, comprehensive and absorbing study
Analysis
Schadenfreude
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-233) and index
