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Wit and Its Relation to the Unconscious
by Sigmund Freud
Available from Powells Used Books
$7.95
on 10-10-2008
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Features
ISBN Number: 9780486277424 Translator: Brill, A. A. Author: Brill, A. A. Translator: Brill, A. A. Author: Freud, Sigmund Author: Freud Publisher: Dover Publications Location: New York : Subject: General Subject: Applied Psychology Subject: Psychology Subject: Methodology Subject: Personality Subject: Wit and humor Subject: Subconsciousness Subject: Wit and humor, Psychological aspects. Subject: Methodology x Subject: Movements, Behaviorism Subject: General Psychology & Psychiatry Edition Number: Dover ed. Edition Description: Dover Series Volume: 5 Publication Date: 19931012 Cover Type: TP Written in: English Illustrations: Yes Number of Pages: 388 Book Size: 8.47x5.40x.86 in. .94 lbs.
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. Synopsis: Great analyst's brilliant, accessible study of the psychology of wit and jokes. Translated by A. A. Brill.
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