Description
Originally published in 1918, this landmark collection of essays by the father of psychoanalysis represents one of Freud's most penetrating attempts to decipher the mysteries of human behavior. Its focus is the conflict between primitive feelings and the demands of civilization, i.e., the struggle to reconcile unconscious desires with socially acceptable behavior.
Totemism involves the belief in a sacred relationship between an object (totem) and a human kinship group. Men and women bearing the same totem are prohibited from marrying each other, this being a form of incest taboo. Freud identifies a strong unconscious inclination as the basis of taboo, and he attempts to define its source by tracing the earliest appearance in childhood development of totemism. After an examination of the incest taboo in primitive societies around the world, Freud discusses taboo and the ambivalence of emotions; animism, magic, and the omnipotence of thought; and the infantile recurrence of totemism.
Author: Sigmund Freud
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 11/14/2018
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9780486827520
ISBN10: 0486827526
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Social Psychology
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- Social Science | Customs & Traditions
Totemism involves the belief in a sacred relationship between an object (totem) and a human kinship group. Men and women bearing the same totem are prohibited from marrying each other, this being a form of incest taboo. Freud identifies a strong unconscious inclination as the basis of taboo, and he attempts to define its source by tracing the earliest appearance in childhood development of totemism. After an examination of the incest taboo in primitive societies around the world, Freud discusses taboo and the ambivalence of emotions; animism, magic, and the omnipotence of thought; and the infantile recurrence of totemism.
Author: Sigmund Freud
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 11/14/2018
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9780486827520
ISBN10: 0486827526
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Social Psychology
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- Social Science | Customs & Traditions
About the Author
The founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) ranks among the most important figures in Western psychology. Freud is responsible for the theories of parapraxis (Freudian slips), dreams as wish fulfillment, the Oedipus complex, repression, the unconscious mind, and other ground-breaking concepts.
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