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...Marx foresaw the end of ethnic nationalism, asserting that people would realize they were linked by economic interests rather than birth or blood. Freud prophesized the end of religious fundamentalism, claiming that belief in a literal God would fall away with the understanding of psychology. And, finally, Einstein's theory of relativity overthrew the concept that time and space were fixed and unvarying, undermining the idea that there was such a thing as absolute truth and pure objectivity...
...published next year, the tragedy of Sept. 11 will have a beneficial effect if it reawakens writers to the emotional power of fiction. "I think we are done with post-post modernism and the novel-within-the-novel. There is no room for these intellectual games now. As Freud put it around 1919, speaking of all the men's lives lost in World War I and how shallow the world had seemed before then: 'Life has become interesting again. It has recovered its full content...
With over 400 pages of text and another 100 of notes, The Death of Comedy is broad in scope but lovingly detailed. The writing, which does not assume prior knowledge of the subject, is as engaging as it is rich with allusion to sources as diverse as Freud, Wordsworth, the musical My Fair Lady and Roberto Benini’s acclaimed movie Life is Beautiful. Whether or not the reader ultimately agrees with Segal’s arguments, The Death of Comedy remains an enjoyable read, a sweeping tome which tackles the topic of comedy with much gusto...
...yeah! As far as work is concerned--well, of course. I equate that with life. Freud speaks of the two prime impulses of man: lieb and arbeit. Love and work. Work is part of what you do. It may take any form; it may be gardening, it may be anything. But without that...
Take That, Sigmund Freud...