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The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious

By Sigmund Freud
Introduction by John Carey
Translated by Joyce Crick

By Sigmund Freud
Introduction by John Carey
Translated by Joyce Crick

By Sigmund Freud
Introduction by John Carey
Translated by Joyce Crick

By Sigmund Freud
Introduction by John Carey
Translated by Joyce Crick

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    About The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious

    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.

    About The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious

    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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    Also by Sigmund Freud

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    Studies in Hysteria
    The Uncanny
    The Schreber Case
    See all books by Sigmund Freud

    About Sigmund Freud

    Sigmund Freud was born in 1856 in Moravia, Austrian Empire (now the Czech Republic). Between the ages of four and eighty-two his home was in Vienna; in 1938 Hitler’s invasion of Austria forced him to seek asylum in London, where… More about Sigmund Freud

    About Sigmund Freud

    Sigmund Freud was born in 1856 in Moravia, Austrian Empire (now the Czech Republic). Between the ages of four and eighty-two his home was in Vienna; in 1938 Hitler’s invasion of Austria forced him to seek asylum in London, where… More about Sigmund Freud

    Product Details

    Category: Classic Nonfiction | Humor | Psychology

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Jun 24, 2003 | 272 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780142437445

    Category: Classic Nonfiction | Humor | Psychology

    Ebook | $14.99
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Jun 24, 2003 | 272 Pages | ISBN 9781101644799

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    Table Of Contents

    The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious – Sigmund Freud Introduction
    Translator’s Preface
    A. Analytic Part
    I. Introduction
    II. The Technique of the Joke
    III. The Tendencies of the Joke
    B. Synthetic Part
    IV. The Mechanism of Pleasure and the Psychological Origins of the Joke
    V. The Motives for Jokes – The Joke as Social Process
    C. Theoretical Part
    VI. The Relation of the Joke to Dreams and to the Unconscious
    VII. The Joke and the Varieties of the Comic

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