Hi Carol,
There's a critical examination of Freud's theory of jokes here: "Humour andRelease" JohnLippitt http://www.academia.edu/1302861/Humour_and_release Publicationdetails: Humour and release John Lippitt Cogito 9 (2):169-176 (1995) http://philpapers.org/rec/LIPHAR Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London [email protected] http://www.esterson.org From: Carol <[email protected]> Subject: to freud or not to freud? Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 18:46:20 -0600 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, Carol --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=22694 or send a blank email to leave-22694-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
