Freud on the Psychology of Ordinary Mental Life

by Susan Sugarman

Freud, although best known for his elucidation of the unusual in human mental life, also attempted to illuminate ordinary human experience, such as peopleOs appreciation of humor, their capacity to become engrossed in fiction, and their disposition to a variety of emotional experiences, including the uncanny, the stirrings prompted by beauty, and their disposition to mourn. His insights into the everyday and his sense of where within it the productive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442204036
• ISBN13: 9781442204034
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher