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A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Sigmund Freud
Introduction by Stephen Wilson
Series edited by Tom Griffith
SeriesWordsworth Classics of World Literature
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:416
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
ISBN/Barcode 9781840226867
ClassificationsDewey:150.1954
Audience
General
Edition UK ed.

Publishing Details

Publisher Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Imprint Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Publication Date 8 June 2012
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Sigmund Freud's controversial ideas have penetrated Western culture more deeply than those of any other psychologist. The `Freudian slip', the `Oedipus complex', `childhood sexuality', `libido', `narcissism' `penis envy', the `castration complex', the `id', the `ego' and the `superego', `denial', `repression', `identification', `projection', `acting out', the `pleasure principle', the `reality principle', `defence-mechanism' - are all taken for granted in our everyday vocabulary. Psychoanalysis was never just a method of treatment, rather a vision of the human condition which has continued to fascinate and provoke long after the death of its originator. Its central hypothesis, that we live in conflict with ourselves and seek to resolve matters by turning away from reality, did not emerge from experimental science but from self-examination and the unique opportunities for observation presented by the psychoanalytic technique - in particular, from the confessions produced by `free-association' in Freud's consulting room. Written during the turmoil of the First World War, A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis was distilled from a series of lectures given at Vienna University, but had to wait for the war to end before being made available to the English speaking world.