Take a look at the following article which might be of some use:
Newirth, J. (2006). Jokes and their relation to the unconscious:
Humor as a fundamental emotional experience. Psychoanalytic
Dialogues, 16(5), 557-571.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2513/s10481885pd1605_6
-Mike Palij
New York University
[email protected]
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On Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:46:26 -0800, Carol wrote:
Hi,
As I've mentioned before, I'll be teaching a course on the psychology of
laughter, mirth, and humor. I've been struck by the paucity of available
information on the subject, but that makes it more exciting to me. My
question,
however, is this: Freud wrote a book entitled _Jokes and Their Relation to
the
Unconscious." I can get it from Amazon, and it's only about $10. On the
other
hand, my time is worth much more. Would any of you know whether there is a
concise summary somewhere that I can read to give me an idea of Freud's
ideas
on the subject? Ordinarily, I wouldn't spend much time on Freud, but
apparently
he's one of the few who actually developed a theory about humor, jokes, and
comedy (for what that's worth) so I feel like I should at least have some
idea
of his thoughts and not be completely dismissive. Any of you Freud experts
out
there have suggestions? He's mentioned in a couple of books I already have,
but
not more than a paragraph in each, which is not enough.
Thanks for any ideas or suggestions,
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