Totem and Taboo

book by Sigmund Freud
VisualArtwork literary_work Q910769
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Totem and Taboo

Summary

Totem and Taboo is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (141 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Totem and Taboo authored Sigmund Freud[3].
  • Totem and Taboo's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Totem and Taboo was published by Beacon Press[5].
  • Totem and Taboo's genre is psychoanalysis[6].
  • Totem and Taboo's genre is cultural studies[7].
  • Totem and Taboo's genre is religious studies[8].
  • Totem and Taboo's Commons category is recorded as Totem und Tabu[9].
  • Totem and Taboo's language of work or name is recorded as German[10].
  • Totem and Taboo was published on 1913[11].
  • Totem and Taboo's main subject is totem[12].
  • Totem and Taboo's main subject is taboo[13].
  • Psychology of the Unconscious inspired Totem and Taboo[14].
  • The Golden Bough inspired Totem and Taboo[15].
  • Q110748754 inspired Totem and Taboo[16].
  • Totemism and Exogamy inspired Totem and Taboo[17].
  • Totem and Taboo's work available at URL is recorded as https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/freud/totem/totem.html[18].
  • Totem and Taboo's published in is recorded as Imago. Journal for the Application of Psychoanalysis on Humanities[19].
  • Totem and Taboo's title is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Totem und Tabu'}[20].
  • Totem and Taboo's copyright status is recorded as public domain[21].
  • Totem and Taboo's copyright status is recorded as public domain[22].

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Authorship and Creation

Totem and Taboo authored Sigmund Freud[3]. It was published by Beacon Press[5].

Publication

Totem and Taboo was published on 1913[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as German[10]. Genres include psychoanalysis[6], cultural studies[7], and religious studies[8].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include totem[12] and taboo[13].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Inspired by Psychology of the Unconscious[14], a literary work[23], written by Carl Jung[24]; The Golden Bough[15], a literary work[25], written by James George Frazer[26]; Q110748754[16]; and Totemism and Exogamy[17].

Why It Matters

Totem and Taboo ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (141 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Publication date +1913-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1910-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Genre psychoanalysis, cultural studies, religious studies
    Inspired by Psychology of the Unconscious, The Golden Bough, Q110748754 +1
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