A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Sigmund Freud
- First Published: 1917
- Type of Work: Psychology
- Genres: Nonfiction, Psychology
- Subjects: Sex or sexuality, Psychology or psychologists, Dreams, Psychoanalysis or psychoanalysts, Psychiatry or psychiatrists, Neuroses, Psychotherapy or psychotherapists
Critical Evaluation:
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis, which could more properly be entitled Introductory Lectures in Psychoanalysis, probably remains the most widely used and popular means of introducing Sigmund Freud’s ideas of the psyche. Given during World War I, these lectures embody the results of Freud’s analytical research between 1895 and 1910, when the basic groundwork was set forth for his revolutionary ideas about the role of the unconscious and the power of sexuality in the life of the mind. Freud undertook several other introductory...
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