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| Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious | 
 enlarge | Authors: Sigmund Freud, James Strachey, Peter Gay
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (2 reviews)
Sales Rank: 125819
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 321
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0393001458
Dewey Decimal Number: 155.232
EAN: 9780393001457
ASIN: 0393001458
Publication Date: June 1963
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 To make a Freudian slip on a banana peel January 11, 2005
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Freud did not see jokes as minor nonsense and insignificance. He saw them as deeper messages delivered to us from our unconscious. He saw them as telling the secrets about ourselves to ourselves and the world that we do not necessarily want to tell. He saw them as acts of aggression and as acts of self- defense. In fact Freud is one of the few theorists of jokes and laughter that the world has had. In my opinion while Freud's understanding of jokes is not exhaustive and all- comprehensive it does illuminate much about a certain kind of humor. And it does teach us something about ourselves which we had not really noticed before Freud taught it to us. Freud himself is of course a source of endless jokes today , but it is not wrong to say that at least some of these jokes should be about his great genius and ability to see and say where others before him did not.
 Freud loosens up a little October 31, 2000
9 out of 13 found this review helpful
The logic of Freud can sometimes be overbearing when he is dealing with the makings of a joke. However, he does at times seem to drop his guard, speak in easy to understand terms, and give information that can be understood. If anyone is pursuing comedy in any form, this book would be helpful, and will help you compare your analyzation of what you do with someone who knew very well how the human mind worked. I've applied several of his concepts on stage and have found them successful.
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