# The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious

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- Authors: [Sigmund Freud](https://www.bookquiver.com/freud-sigmund)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4243-744-5
- Pages: 272
- Published: 2003-06-24
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Why do we laugh? The answer, argued Freud in this groundbreaking study of humor, is that jokes, like dreams, satisfy our unconscious desires. The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious explains...