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    Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics
    Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics
    Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics
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    Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics

    By Sigmund Freud

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    "Totem and Taboo": is a 1913 book by the founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, in which he applies his theory to the fields of archaeology, anthropology, and the study of religion. It consists of four essays inspired by the work of Wilhelm Wundt and Carl Jung: "The Horror of Incest," "Taboo and Emotional Ambivalence," "Animism, Magic and the Omnipotence of Thoughts," and "The Return of Totemism in Childhood."
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateNov 19, 2019
    ISBN4057664103888
    Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics

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