Humor and Psyche - Psychoanalytic Perspectives

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

List of contents

Barron, Introduction. Part I: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives.Bergmann, The Psychoanalytic Struggle to Solve the Mystery of Humor: A Historical Survey. Sanville, Humor and Play. Barrett, Cracks: On Castration, Death, and Laughter. Grotstein, Humor and Its Relation to the Unconscious. Part II: Therapeutic Process.Baker, The Delicate Balance Between the Use and Abuse of Humor in the Psychoanalytic Setting. Giovacchini, Humor, the Transitional Space, and the Therapeutic Process. Meissner, Humor Is a Funny Thing: Dimensions of the Therapeutic Relationship. Part III: Character and Creativity.Dupont, Humor in the Freud-Ferenczi Correspondence. Rodman, Winnicott's Laughter. Feder, This Scherzo Is [Not] a Joke. Barron, Conclusion.

About the author

A graduate and faculty member of the Psychoanalytic Institute of New England, East, James W. Barron, Ph.D., has broad interests in psychoanalytic education. Past president of the Division of Psychoanalysis of the APA, the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis, and the International Federation for Psychoanalytic Education, Dr. Barron is editor of the Psychologist Psychoanalyst and coeditor of the volume Interface of Psychoanalysis and Psychology (1992). He maintains a private practice and is an Instructor in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.

Product details

• Authors: James W Barron, Barron James W.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.1999
• EAN: 9780881632576
• ISBN: 978-0-88163-257-6
• No. of pages: 246
• Weight: 620 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions, PSYCHOLOGY / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology, Psychotherapy, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology)