This landmark collection of essays by the father of psychoanalysis explores the conflict between primitive feelings and the demands of civilization. Freud identifies a strong unconscious inclination as the basis of taboo, a forbidden behavior, and traces its earliest appearance to the childhood development of totemism, a widespread belief in a sacred relationship between an object and a kinship group. An acquaintance with this ground-breaking work is essential for teachers and students of psychology, ethnology, and folklore.
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Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics
This landmark collection of essays by the father of psychoanalysis explores the conflict between primitive feelings and the demands of civilization. Freud identifies a strong unconscious inclination as the basis of taboo, a forbidden behavior, and traces its earliest appearance to the childhood development of totemism, a widespread belief in a sacred relationship between an object and a kinship group. An acquaintance with this ground-breaking work is essential for teachers and students of psychology, ethnology, and folklore.
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ISBN-13: | 9780394701240 |
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Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
Publication date: | 04/12/1960 |
Pages: | 224 |
Product dimensions: | 4.40(w) x 7.30(h) x 0.50(d) |
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