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DOI 10.12887/31-2018-2-122-05



Filip KOBIELA – “I shall dance on your graves yet!” On the Essence and Types of Schadenfreude


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This paper primarily examines the essence of Schadenfreude, which is a pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune, which they, however, have not caused themselves. While capturing this essence we should distinguish four principal dimensions: emotional, locality related, axiological and causal. I shall employ these dimensions to construct a certain combination of emotional reactions to the values and, against this background, it will be possible to expose the specificity of Schadenfreude as well as some of the relationships occurring between Schadenfreude and other emotions. I will then present a certain typology of Schadenfreude (comic, prudential, related to justice, jealousy, profits, grace and radical) accompanied by brief ethical analyses. In the conclusion, I will also discuss the point of view of the Schadenfreude victim, including deliberately giving a reason for others to feel Schadenfreude.

Keywords: Schadenfreude, joy, evil, envy, justice

Contact: Zakład Filozofii i Socjologii Turystyki, Katedra Humanistycznych Podstaw Turystyki,
Wydział Turystyki i Rekreacji, Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego im. Bronisława Czecha w Krakowie,
Al. Jana Pawła II/78, 31-571 Cracow, Poland

E-mail: f.kobiela@iphils.uj.edu.pl

Phone: +48 12 6831175

http://wtir.awf.krakow.pl/index.php/21-kat-hum-pod-tur/artykuly-pracownikow1/454-dr-filip-kobiela-2



  1. ISSN 0860-8024
  2. e-ISSN 2720-5355
  3. The Republic of Poland Ministry of Science and Higher Education Value: 100.00
  4. Quarterly “Ethos” is indexed by the following databases: EBSCO, CEEOL, Index Copernicus (ICV 2017: 55.26), Philosopher’s Index, ERIH Plus.
  5. DOI Prefix 10.12887