Acknowledgement and the paradox of tragedy

Daan Evers · Natalja Deng

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We offer a new answer to the paradox of tragedy. We explain part of the appeal of tragic art in terms of its acknowledgement of sad aspects of life and offer a tentative explanation of why acknowledgement is a source of pleasure.

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