A slap in the face : why insults hurt and why they shouldn't / William B. Irvine.
William Irvine undertakes a wide-ranging investigation of insults, their history, the role they play in social relationships, and the science behind them, examining not just memorable zingers, such as Elizabeth Bowen's description of Aldous Huxley as "The stupid person's idea of a clever person," bu...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2013], ©2013.
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| Physical Description: | vi, 253 pages ; 19 cm |
| Format: | Book |
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