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Sander Gilman: Dr. Freud’s Little Jokes
Saturday, November 7, 2009 @ 10:00 a.m.
Ego, repression, innuendo, a Freudian slip—what’s not funny about Sigmund Freud? In fact, Freud proposed one of the original theories of laughter back in 1905, arguing that humor is “best fulfilled precisely by Jewish jokes.” But when and why did the Jews become “funny,” and how did Freud’s own conflicted Jewish identity inform his development of psychoanalysis?
Sander Gilman, a scholar of Jewish cultural and literary history and professor of the humanities at Emory University, will explore Freud’s unique and influential understanding of the role of laughter in the human psyche.
Venue
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington Street
Chicago, IL 60602
Presenter
Chicago Humanities Festival
312.494.9509
This event is sponsored in part by:
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