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Wit and Its Relation to the Unconscious

by A.A. Brill, Sigmund Freud
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Freud on Wit: Unconscious Impulses Unleashed

This book could be a good read for those interested in psychology and humor. Freud delves deep into the origins and role of wit, and how it reflects underlying psychological processes. Readers may appreciate its lighthearted tone and abundance of jokes, while also gaining insights into the workings of the psyche and the unconscious mind.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Wit and Its Relation to the Unconscious

by A.A. Brill, Sigmund Freud
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ISBN: 9780486277424
Authors: A.A. Brill, Sigmund Freud
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date of Publication: 2011-11-02
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science, Philosophy
Related Topics: Psychology, Theory, Classics
Goodreads rating: 3.7
(rated by 1522 readers)

Description

Renowned as the father of psychoanalysis, Freud was uniquely qualified to write this fascinating exploration of the nature of wit — including jokes and joking — and its role and function as a manifestation and vehicle of unconscious impulses. First analyzing the techniques and tendencies of wit, the great analyst probes the origins of wit in the "pleasure mechanism." He then discusses the motives of wit, wit as a social process, the relation of wit to dreams and the unconscious, and wit and the various forms of the comic.Until the publication of this important study, the literature on which was insubstantial; those investigations that existed tended to neglect wit in favor of the larger, more general area of the comic. In Freud's hands, however, the study of wit became another avenue of investigation into the psyche. With characteristic insight and intelligence he shows that wit, although it belongs to aesthetics, is subject to the same laws, shares the same mechanism and serves the same tendencies as neuroses, dreams and psychopathological acts.Published a few years after Freud's breakthrough work, The Interpretation of Dreams , the present volume is not only an acutely perceptive psychological study, its lighthearted tone and abundant store of jokes and witticism make it one of the most accessible and enjoyable of Freud's works. It is presented here in an excellent English translation by A. A. Brill, Freud's chosen translator and former Chief of the Clinic of Psychiatry, Columbia University.
 

Freud on Wit: Unconscious Impulses Unleashed

This book could be a good read for those interested in psychology and humor. Freud delves deep into the origins and role of wit, and how it reflects underlying psychological processes. Readers may appreciate its lighthearted tone and abundance of jokes, while also gaining insights into the workings of the psyche and the unconscious mind.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.