{"product_id":"totem-and-taboo-sigmund-freud-vintage-books-paperback","title":"Totem and Taboo - Sigmund Freud - Vintage Books Paperback","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. May show signs of wear such as:\u003cbr\u003e• Shelf wear or scuffing on the cover\u003cbr\u003e• Creases, marks, or tears on pages or dust jacket\u003cbr\u003e• Possible remainder marks or previous owner’s name\/notes inside\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlurb\u003c\/strong\u003e: “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this landmark collection of essays, published as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTotem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 1918, the father of psychoanalysis explores the conflict between primitive feelings and the demands of civilization, i.e., the struggle to reconcile unconscious desires with socially acceptable behavior.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTotemism, a concept found in societies around the world, involves the belief in a sacred relationship between an object (totem) and a human kinship group. Men and women bearing the same totem are prohibited from marrying each other, this being a form of incest taboo. Freud identifies a strong unconscious inclination as the basis of taboo, and he attempts to define its source by tracing the earliest appearance in childhood development of totemism. After an examination of the incest taboo in primitive societies around the world, Freud discusses taboo and the ambivalence of emotions; animism, magic, and the omnipotence of thought; and the infantile recurrence of totemism.\u003cbr\u003eAn important work by one of the twentieth century's most influential thinkers, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTotem and Taboo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is essential reading for teachers and students of psychology as well as those with an interest in ethnology and folklore. This inexpensive edition offers all readers access to one of Freud's most penetrating attempts to decipher the mysteries of human behavior.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43911382696178,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/7685\/4977\/products\/image_f04d6761-6867-4086-be60-23b7d2ca3a75.jpg?v=1669945752","url":"https:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\/products\/totem-and-taboo-sigmund-freud-vintage-books-paperback","provider":"Postmarked from the Stars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}