The real title of this study might have been something much less appealing, like, Schadenfreude: It's Meaning, Experience and Social Ramification. Or, The Anatomy of Schadenfreude. That would have seriously limited its appeal to the average reader perhaps. (So it's just as well that the title parall
When Bad Things Happen to Other People
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 2000
- Category
- Fiction
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