Wit and Its Relation to the Unconscious
Sigmund FreudPublished1993
Pages388
Formatpaperback
PublisherDover Publications
Synopsis
Brilliant, perceptive work by founder of psychoanalysis remains one of the essential studies of the psychology of wit and jokes. Freud analyzes wit, probes its origins in the "pleasure mechanism," demonstrates parallels of wit to neuroses, dreams and psychopathological acts. This is one of the great analyst's most accessible, enjoyable works.
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About Sigmund Freud
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Sigmund Freud
1856–1939
Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psychoanalysis
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