Reading Freud
A Chronological Exploration of Freud's Writings
- Format: Pocket
- Antall sider: 320
- Språk: Engelsk
- Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
- Serienavn: New Library of Psychoanalysis Teaching Series
- EAN: 9781583917473
- Utgivelsesår: 2005
- Bidragsyter: Quinodoz, Jean-Michel (Psychoanalyst in private practice in Geneva, Switzerland)
Winner of the 2010 Sigourney Award!
Reading Freud provides an accessible outline of the whole of Freud''s work from Studies in Hysteria through to An Outline of Psycho-Analysis. It succeeds in expressing even the most complex of Freud''s theories in clear and simple language whilst avoiding over-simplification.
Each chapter concentrates on an individual text and includes valuable background information, relevant biographical and historical details, descriptions of Post-Freudian developments and a chronology of Freud''s concepts. By putting each text into the context of Freud''s life and work as a whole, Jean-Michel Quinodoz manages to produce an overview which is chronological, correlative and interactive. Texts discussed include:
- The Interpretation of Dreams
- The ''Uncanny''
- Civilisation and its Discontents''
The clear presentation, with regular summaries of the ideas ra
