In The Psychopathology of Everyday Life (1901), Sigmund Freud argues that slips of the tongue and the pen constitute moments when repressed thoughts break through. The taxing psychic labour of keeping buried thoughts at bay is momentarily relaxed, which is why, if we agree with Freud, that one of the effects of parapraxis is often a kind of joyous relief. Freud’s brief discussion of printing errors maintains the same central idea: that errors are meaningful as moments when ‘the real thinking … broke through’.
This was a pleasure to read. As someone totally new to error scholarship, I would presume that the agency and intent are key themes especially when examined within the broader context of bureaucracy, in the case of large print media organisations. I look forward to checking out those book recommendations.
This was a pleasure to read. As someone totally new to error scholarship, I would presume that the agency and intent are key themes especially when examined within the broader context of bureaucracy, in the case of large print media organisations. I look forward to checking out those book recommendations.