Stop me if you've heard this a history and philosophy of jokes

"Having explored humour's history in part one, Holt then delves into its philosophy. Nice jokes, naughty jokes, religious jokes, political jokes, meta-jokes, two-word jokes, jokes about musical instruments, jokes that you missed if you didn't go to a Catholic girls' school - all are fodder for the grand theories of the most brilliant minds of all time"--Cover flap.