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The Psychopathology of Everyday Life

By Sigmund Freud, Peter Gay

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| Paperback | 9780393006117

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The most trivial slips of the tongue or pen, Freud believed, can reveal our secret ambitions, worries, and fantasies. The Psychopathology of Everyday Life ranks among his most enjoyable works. Starting with the story of how he once forgot the name of an Italian painter-and how a young acquainContinue

The most trivial slips of the tongue or pen, Freud believed, can reveal our secret ambitions, worries, and fantasies. The Psychopathology of Everyday Life ranks among his most enjoyable works. Starting with the story of how he once forgot the name of an Italian painter-and how a young acquaintance mangled a quotation from Virgil through fears that his girlfriend might be pregnant-it brings together a treasure trove of muddled memories, inadvertent actions, and verbal tangles. Amusing, moving, and deeply revealing of the repressed, hypocritical Viennese society of his day, Freud's dazzling interpretations provide the perfect introduction to psychoanalytic thinking in action.

Translated by Anthea Bell.
Introduction by Paul Keegan.

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  • Analysis of harmless speech blunders, language mistakes, erroneous actions etc. The first interpretation of a lapse of memory is impressive. The underlying concept, i.e. that our actions are influenced by the subconscious was undoubtedly revolutionary. However, many chapters seem to be a tedious enu ... (continue)

    Analysis of harmless speech blunders, language mistakes, erroneous actions etc. The first interpretation of a lapse of memory is impressive. The underlying concept, i.e. that our actions are influenced by the subconscious was undoubtedly revolutionary. However, many chapters seem to be a tedious enumeration of small mistakes, and Freud goes too far with many interpretations.

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