The lost philosophy. The place of laughter in culture

Abstract

The author analyzes, from the relationship between literature, philosophy and politics, the position that in popular culture has laughter and carnival. From a hermeneutic perspective examines the dialogue between literary creation and the history of political and philosophical thought, for find their truest inventive resource in front to classical models of rational legitimacy of the political order. To express a preliminary view by proposing someways to characterize the phenomenon of laughter.