Jokes and their Relation to the Unconscious

The book explores the relationship between jokes and the unconscious mind, arguing that jokes often express repressed thoughts, desires, and conflicts that are inaccessible to conscious awareness. Freud contends that humor arises from the liberation of repressed energy, which is redirected into a socially acceptable form. He identifies three types of jokes: 1) innocuous jokes, which provide harmless pleasure; 2) cynical jokes, which express aggressive or hostile impulses; and 3) tendentious jokes, which convey repressed desires or conflicts. Through the analysis of various joke examples, Freud demonstrates how jokes... AI Generated Content

~1905 CE
Available in: English
Fairly Difficult

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