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The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious

The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious

Freud, Sigmund
Carey, John
Crick, Joyce

Paperback

Series: Penguin Classics

CognitionGeneral Psychology

ISBN10: 0142437441
ISBN13: 9780142437445
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: Jun 24 2003
Pages: 229
Weight: 0.43
Height: 0.47 Width: 5.12 Depth: 7.82
Language: English
Why do we laugh? The answer, argued Freud in this groundbreaking study of humor, is that jokes, like dreams, satisfy our unconscious desires.

The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious explains how jokes provide immense pleasure by releasing us from our inhibitions and allowing us to express sexual, aggressive, playful, or cynical instincts that would otherwise remain hidden. In elaborating this theory, Freud brings together a rich collection of puns, witticisms, one-liners, and anecdotes, which, as Freud shows, are a method of giving ourselves away.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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