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    The uncanny is the psychological experience of an event or thing that is unsettling in a way that feels oddly familiar, rather than simply mysterious. [1] . This phenomenon is used to describe incidents where a familiar entity is encountered in a frightening, eerie, or taboo context. [2] [3]

  2. -- "Uncanny," p. 195: Freud's definition = uncanny as the class of frightening things that leads us back to what is known and familiar. -- Freud's aim: to demonstrate psychoanalytically why this is the case.

  3. Apr 17, 2019 · According to his friend and biographer Ernest Jones Sigmund Freud was fond regaling him with “strange or uncanny experiences with patients.” Freud had a “particular relish” for such stories. 2019 marks the centenary of the publication of Freud’s essay, “The Uncanny.’”

  4. Nov 1, 2023 · Definition and origins. In 1989, Agent Dale Cooper (played by Kyle MacLachlan) enters the town of Twin Peaks, hoping to solve the mysterious murder of homecoming queen Laura Palmer. However, it soon becomes clear that beneath the small town’s quaint and unassuming appearance, everything is not as it seems.

  5. Sep 18, 2019 · Learn about Freud's theory of the uncanny, based on the German words heimlich and unheimlich, and how it relates to art, literature and cinema. Explore examples of the uncanny, such as doppelgängers, ghosts, mirrors and the return of the repressed.

  6. Oct 10, 2023 · The uncanny valley is the theory that humanoid objects or robots that look almost human can evoke feelings of revulsion or eeriness. Learn about the origin, history, effects, and research of this phenomenon in aesthetics and artificial intelligence.

  7. The Uncanny, published in 1919, is one of the most famous of Sigmund Freud’s essays. This is not only because many of his most foundational ideas had their genesis here but because the essay pertains to aesthetics and popular culture, making it both accessible and gripping for a broad readership.