Totem and Taboo
Totem and Tabooby Sigmund Freud Translated by Abraham BrillTotem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics is a book by Sigmund Freud, published in German in 1913. It is a collection of four essays first published in the journal Imago (1912—13), employing the application of psychoanalysis to the fields of archaeology, anthropology, and the study of religion. The four essays are entitled: The Horror of Incest; Taboo and Emotional Ambivalence; Animism, Magic and the Omnipotence of Thoughts; and The Return of Totemism in Childhood.0:00:00 Introductory Notes0:09:55 Chapter 1: The Savage Dread of Incest0:50:44 Chapter 2: Taboo and the Ambivalence of Emotions, Part 11:34:44 Chapter 2: Taboo and the Ambivalence of Emotions, Part 22:14:10 Chapter 2: Taboo and the Ambivalence of Emotions, Part 33:06:04 Chapter 3: Animism, Magic and the Omnipotence of Thought4:02:56 Chapter 4: The Infantile Recurrence of Totemism, Part 14:48:04 Chapter 4: The Infantile Recurrence of Totemism, Part 25:36:14 Chapter 4: The Infantile Recurrence of Totemism, Part 3This is a Librivox recording. All Librivox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer visit librivox.org.