The Psychopathology of Everyday LifeThe 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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
Contents
Forgetting Proper Names | 5 |
Forgetting Foreign Words | 12 |
Forgetting Names and Sequences of Words | 19 |
On Childhood Memories and Screen Memories | 45 |
Slips of the Tongue | 53 |
Slips in Reading and Slips of the Pen | 103 |
Forgetting Impressions and Intentions | 129 |
Inadvertent Actions | 155 |
Symptomatic and Fortuitous Actions | 183 |
Making Mistakes | 208 |
Combined Slips | 220 |
Determinism Belief in Chance and Superstition Some Points of View | 229 |
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