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Humor and psyche : psychoanalytic perspectives / edited by James W. Barron.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Hillsdale, NJ : Analytic Press, [1999]Copyright date: ©1999Description: xi, 232 pages : music ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0881632570
  • 9780881632576
Other title:
  • Humour and psyche
  • Humour and psyche : Psychoanalytic perspectives
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 152.43 22
LOC classification:
  • BF175 .H85 1999
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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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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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