Humor in Freud
Freud's theory of humor
In Freud's view, jokes (the verbal and interpersonal form of humor) happened when the
Later, Freud re-turned his attention to humor noting that not everyone is capable of formulating humor.[3][5]
The different types of humor
If
Mimesis, on the other hand, was a process involving two different representations of the body in our mind.[1][2][3] For example, in the phrase “Their hearts are in the right place,” the heart has two representations. One is, of course, anatomical while the other is a metaphorical reference to caring and meaning well.
Tendentious jokes
Tendentious jokes are jokes that have a particular bias or agenda, often aimed at promoting a certain viewpoint or attacking a particular group or individual. They may be intended to be humorous, but they often rely on stereotypes, prejudices, or other forms of bias to make their point.
Non-tendentious jokes
The
In advertising
An analysis of content from business-to-business advertising magazines in the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany found a high (23 percent) overall usage of humor. The highest percentage was found in the British sample at 26 percent.[9] Of the types of humor found by McCullough and Taylor,[9] three categories correspond with Freud's grouping of tendentious (aggression and sexual) and non-tendentious (nonsense) wit. 20 percent of the humor are accounted for as “aggression” and “sexual.” “Nonsense” is listed at 18 percent.
Criticism
It has been claimed that Freud's division is artificial and not very clear.
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h Freud, S. (1960). Jokes and their relation to the unconscious (J. Strachey, Trans.). New York: W. W. Norton. (Original work published 1905)
- ^ Laurie, Timothy; Hickey-Moody, Anna (2017), "Masculinity and Ridicule", Gender: Laughter, Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference: 215–228
- ^ a b c Newirth, J. (2006). Jokes and their relation to the unconscious: humor as a fundamental emotional experience. Psychoanalytic dialogues, 16(5), 557–571
- ^ Smuts, A. (2006). Humor. In The internet encyclopedia of philosophy. http://www.iep.utm.edu/h/humor.htm#H3, retrieved from the web on 12 April 2008.
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- ^ Martin J. (2006) Studies in American humor, University of Southern California, http://www.compedit.com/introduction.htm, retrieved from the web 17 May 2008.
- ^ a b McCullough, Lynette S.; Taylor, Ronald K. (1993). "Humor in American, British, and German Ads". Industrial Marketing Management. 22: 17–28.
- ^ a b c d Altman, N. (2006). And now for something completely different: Humor in psychoanalysis. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 16(5), 573–577.