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Schadenfreude: Understanding Pleasure at the Misfortune of Others Wilco W Van Dijk
Schadenfreude: Understanding Pleasure at the Misfortune of Others
Wilco W Van Dijk
When and why do we derive pleasure from other people's misfortune? This book provides a comprehensive summary of current theoretical and empirical work on schadenfreude from psychological, philosophical and other scientific perspectives. It increases our understanding of the nature of this emotion and the role it plays in social relations.
330 pages, 10 b/w illus. 2 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 24, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9781107017504 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 334 |
| Dimensions | 158 × 228 × 23 mm · 584 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Ouwerkerk, Jaap W. (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam) |
| Editor | Van Dijk, Wilco W. (Universiteit Leiden) |