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UNDERSTANDING JOKES AND UNDERSTANDING CULTURE. A SENSE OF HUMOUR AND MEMBERSHIP OF A CULTURAL SOCIETY

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Kozlowski T.
Kultura i Społeczeństwo
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2007
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vol. 51
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issue 1
51-69
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The author of the article concentrates on the issue of the role of humour and jokes in the social life of a person and the qualitative jump which that person makes in understanding humorous situations at around 3-4 years of age. Supporting his argument with theses from the realms of psychology and evolutionary sociology, he points out the possible lines along which laughter and humour could have developed in the primates, including Homo Sapiens. The key concept in these deliberations is the theory of mind module, the mental capacity which makes possible empathy, the manipulation of the partner in the interaction and the understanding of the false convictions which seem to be the foundations of understanding humorous situations. While referring to his own observations the author tries to outline the principles governing human laughter depending on the presence of the theory of mind module. He points out that it is that which enriches interaction and the exchange of information which is important from a social point of view. The conclusions drawn from the concept of the theory of thought also allows for acknowledgement of the fact that understanding the punch line is based on the same mechanisms as understanding the essence of culture, as a result of which the thesis can be put forward that there is a very strong tie between a person's level of culture and their ability to perceive humorous situations.
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THE ILLUSION OF RATIONALITY? ON THE EMOTIONAL FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN SOCIAL FUNCTIONING

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Kozlowski T.
Kultura i Społeczeństwo
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2006
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vol. 50
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issue 1-2
129-152
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The article analyzes the concept of rationality in sociological theory and attempts to identify its significance in the light of research in neurophysics, evolutionary, and neuronal psychology. The author proposes a thesis that the sociological concept of man and human nature and decision making processes which shape social behavior of individuals stand in sharp contrast with the concept of man offered by the most recent studies of human mind. The examples of that specific 'backwardness' are the primacy of the role of 'I' or the use of outdated terminology suggesting the discrepancy between the spheres of 'reason' and 'emotions'. The author proposes to abandon such divisions and to treat man not as a decision making center but as a homogenous structure adjusting its actions to the context, which is done primarily through emotions. Based on such assumptions the author suggests a direction in which sociological theory should go. Therefore it is crucial to consider emotional foundations of perception of reality and neuronal basis of social behavior (as necessary compliments of their socio-cultural aspects).
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