Humor and psyche : psychoanalytic perspectives / edited by James W. Barron.
Material type: TextPublisher: Hillsdale, NJ : Analytic Press, [1999]Copyright date: ©1999Description: xi, 232 pages : music ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0881632570
- 9780881632576
- Humour and psyche
- Humour and psyche : Psychoanalytic perspectives
- 152.43 22
- BF175 .H85 1999
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Book | North Campus North Campus Main Collection | 152.43 HUM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A426115B |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Historical and Theoretical Perspectives -- 1. The Psychoanalysis of Humor and Humor in Psychoanalysis -- 2. Humor and Play -- 3. Cracks: On Castration, Death, and Laughter -- 4. Humor and Its Relation to the Unconscious -- Therapeutic Process -- 5. Humor, the Transitional Space and the Therapeutic Process -- 6. The Delicate Balance Between the Use and Abuse of Humor in the Psychoanalytic Setting -- 7. Humor Is a Funny Thing: Dimensions of the Therapeutic Relationship -- Character and Creativity -- 8. Humor in the Freud-Ferenczi Correspondence -- 9. Winnicott's Laughter -- 10. This Scherzo Is [Not] a Joke -- Conclusion -- Index.
"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.
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