Humor and psyche : psychoanalytic perspectives /
Humor and psyche : psychoanalytic perspectives /
Humour and psyche Humour and psyche : Psychoanalytic perspectives
edited by James W. Barron.
- xi, 232 pages : music ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Historical and Theoretical Perspectives -- The Psychoanalysis of Humor and Humor in Psychoanalysis -- Humor and Play -- Cracks: On Castration, Death, and Laughter -- Humor and Its Relation to the Unconscious -- Therapeutic Process -- Humor, the Transitional Space and the Therapeutic Process -- The Delicate Balance Between the Use and Abuse of Humor in the Psychoanalytic Setting -- Humor Is a Funny Thing: Dimensions of the Therapeutic Relationship -- Character and Creativity -- Humor in the Freud-Ferenczi Correspondence -- Winnicott's Laughter -- This Scherzo Is [Not] a Joke -- Conclusion -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
"Humor, a topic that engaged Sigmund Freud both early and late in his career, is richly intertwined with character, with creativity, and with the theory and practice of psychoanalytic therapy. Yet, until very recently, analysts ignored Freud's lead and re"--Publisher description.
0881632570 9780881632576
98033349
Psychoanalysis.
Wit and humor--Psychological aspects.
Wit and Humor as Topic--psychology
BF175 / .H85 1999
152.43
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Historical and Theoretical Perspectives -- The Psychoanalysis of Humor and Humor in Psychoanalysis -- Humor and Play -- Cracks: On Castration, Death, and Laughter -- Humor and Its Relation to the Unconscious -- Therapeutic Process -- Humor, the Transitional Space and the Therapeutic Process -- The Delicate Balance Between the Use and Abuse of Humor in the Psychoanalytic Setting -- Humor Is a Funny Thing: Dimensions of the Therapeutic Relationship -- Character and Creativity -- Humor in the Freud-Ferenczi Correspondence -- Winnicott's Laughter -- This Scherzo Is [Not] a Joke -- Conclusion -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
"Humor, a topic that engaged Sigmund Freud both early and late in his career, is richly intertwined with character, with creativity, and with the theory and practice of psychoanalytic therapy. Yet, until very recently, analysts ignored Freud's lead and re"--Publisher description.
0881632570 9780881632576
98033349
Psychoanalysis.
Wit and humor--Psychological aspects.
Wit and Humor as Topic--psychology
BF175 / .H85 1999
152.43