The Comedy of Philosophy -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Philosophy of Laughter: Bataille, Hegel, and Derrida -- 2. Restricted and General Economy: Narrative, Gag, and Slapstick in One Week -- 3. The Machine of Comedy: Gunning, Deleuze, and Buster Keaton -- 4. Fool's Gold: Metamorphoses in Sherlock Jr. -- 5. Jokes and Their Relation to . . . -- 6. The Comic: Degradation and Refinement in 1920s' Cinematic Slapstick -- 7. From Words to Images (Gagging) -- 8. Figural Vision: Freud, Lyotard, and City Lights -- 9. Preposterous Figurality: Comic Cinema and Bad Metaphor -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.