Tārīkh-i Khandah: Persian 1404

The History of Laughter is a thought-provoking attempt to explore the phenomenon of laughter, not as a superficial and temporary reaction, but as a behavior rooted in human history, culture, religion, and psyche. Inspired by the experience of translating The History of Crying, the author explored the missing half of this human duality and examined laughter not only about humor, satire, and satire, but also as a constructive, healing, and sometimes protesting force. The forthcoming work, using sacred texts, historical sources, philosophers’ opinions, social observations, and lived experiences, seeks to clarify the nature and why of laughter, its boundaries, and its place in human individual and collective life from a comprehensive and reflective perspective. In this book, laughter is a way to overcome modern sorrow and heal the existential void of modern man; a man who, despite material prosperity, is caught in a storm of loneliness and meaninglessness. Taking a critical look at the contemporary mechanistic and materialistic world, the author introduces laughter as a bridge between body and soul, between man and God, between suffering and liberation. This work is a dialogue between religion, mysticism, psychology, and art, which attempts to show that laughter is not a sign of superficiality but a manifestation of the deepest layers of hope, resistance, and meaning in human life.