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Sigmund Freud
One of fifteen new translations of Freud's key writings, this project, under the general editorship of Adam Phillips, reimagines one of the modern era's greatest writers
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Susan Sugarman
In this clear and concise volume, Susan Sugarman introduces the work of Sigmund Freud and keenly illustrates the impact his pioneering contributions have had on the way we think about…
A collection of some of Freud’s most famous essays, including ON THE INTRODUCTION OF NARCISSISM; REMEMBERING, REPEATING AND WORKING THROUGH; BEYOND THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE; THE EGO AND THE ID and…
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The tormenting of the body by the troubled mind, hysteria is among the most pervasive of human disorders - yet at the same time it is the most elusive. This…
Jokes offer immense pleasure by allowing us to express many of our deepest sexual, aggressive and cynical thoughts and feelings which would otherwise remain repressed. This book brings together a…
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This volume brings together Freud’s main contributions to the psychology of love. In these papers Freud develops his now famous theories about the sexuality of childhood and the transgressive nature…
In his final years, Freud devoted most of his energies to a series of highly ambitious works on the broadest issues of religion and society. Here, he argues that civilised…
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Written against a background of war and racism, this work sees a similarly self-destructive savagery underlying individual life in the modern age, which issues at times in self-harm and suicide.
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In this collection the translator and the scientist come together in a rich, engrossing brew.
Here are the essential ideas of psychoanalytic theory, including Freud’s explanations of such concepts as the Id, Ego and Super-Ego, the Death Instinct and Pleasure Principle, along with classic case…
Sigmund Freud,Peter Gay
It contains fifty-one key texts, spanning Freud’s entire career from early case histories through his work on dreams, essays on sexuality, and on to his late writings, including Civilisation and…
Considers the incompatibility of civilisation and individual happiness, and the tensions between the claims of society and the individual. This work focuses on what the author perceives to be one…
Among the first of Sigmund Freud's many contributions to psychology and psychoanalysis was The Interpretation of Dreams, published in 1900, and considered his greatest work - even by Freud himself…
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Alistair Ross
Sigmund Freud: A Reference Guide to Her Life and Work captures his eventful life, his works, and his legacy. The volume features a chronology, an introduction, a comprehensive bibliography, and…
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In attempting a discussion of the Interpretation of Dreams, I do not believe that I have overstepped the bounds of neuropathological interest. For, on psychological investigation, the dream proves to…
Dream Psychology: Psychoanalysis for Beginners is a book written by Sigmund Freud, one of the most influential thinkers in the field of psychology. It was first published in 1920 and…
Dreams, in Freud's view, are all forms of "wish fulfillment" - attempts by the unconscious to resolve a conflict of some sort, whether something recent or something from the recesses…
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Delusion and Dream is a collection of essays written by Sigmund Freud, one of the most famous and influential figures in the field of psychology, along with the novelist Wilhelm…
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis is a book written by Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis. First published in 1910, it is a comprehensive guide for anyone who wants to…
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"A Young Girl's Diary" is a book by Sigmund Freud that was published in 1915. It is a collection of diary entries written by a young girl named Anna between…
Freud’s letters contain revealing commentaries on his working methods, his concept of narcissism, and his interpretation of Moses, and they treat the themes that preoccupied him in old age: death…
A collection of Freud’s major texts on love, human relations and loss, including: The Taboo on Virginity ; On Female Sexuality ; A Child is Being Beaten ; Three Essays…
Freud’s seminal volume of 20th-century cultural thought grounded in psychoanalytic theory, now with a new Introduction by Christopher Hitchens.
Christfried Toegel
Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939 will be of great interest to psychoanalysts in practice and in training as well as academics and scholars of Freud, psychoanalytic studies, the history of science and…
J D Ponce
This exciting essay focuses on the explanation and analysis of Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams, one the most influential works in history and whose understanding, due to its complexity…
It was while tracing back the abnormal to the normal state that Professor Freud found how faint the line of demarcation was between the normal and neurotic person, and that…
Psychoanalytic treatment utilised the patient’s capacity to love and desire as a means to an end. The stuff of romance became the stuff of cure. This book discusses about techniques…
"Dream psychology is the key to Freud's works and to all modern psychology" - Andre Tridon
This handsome gift edition presents one of Sigmund Freud's most influential works, Dream Psychology…
New, compact, abridged edition of The Interpretation of Dreams, one of Freud's most important contributions to modern thought and a seminal work of psychological theory. The introduction by Freud expert…
United Library
Sigmund Freud: The Biography of the Founder of Psychoanalysis, Writings on the Ego and Id, and his Basic Interpretation of Dreams" is an enlightening and comprehensive exploration of the life…
Kathleen Krull
Before Freud, nobody discussed unconscious motives, Oedipal complexes, the id and the ego, or Freudian slips. Freud was a complicated, often irascible man, who in 19th-century Vienna developed his still-controversial…
Matthew ffytche
An engaging and accessible biography of Sigmund Freud.
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Pamela Thurschwell (University of Sussex, UK)
The work of Sigmund Freud has penetrated almost every area of literary theory and cultural studies, as well as contemporary culture. Encouraging and preparing readers to approach Freud’s original texts…
Michael Jacobs
Provides an account of the life and ideas of Sigmund Freud. This book focuses on the relevance of Freud’s work for contemporary approaches to counselling and psychotherapy. It presents and…
Robert Bocock
Demonstrates Freud’s relevance to discussions about gender, sexuality, family, religion, ideology, symbolism, political authority, and language. Examines the influence that Freud’s theories had upon sociological schools.
Ralph Steadman
The renowned illustrator presents a pictorial fantasy on Sigmund Freud, turning each major event in Freud’s life into a joking situation based on the techniques discussed in Freud’s Jokes and…
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The monumental treatise that transformed the Viennese neurologist into a cause celebre, this exploration of the dream world features dozens of fascinating case studies and Freud’s engrossing analyses of actual…
A brand new transaction of the Psychopathology of Everyday Life - one of 15 volumes in the new Freud series commissioned for the Penguin classics. This edition aims to reach…
Marco Bonafede
Todo Freud en una hora, escrito y dibujado por un psiquiatra.Tambien disponible en Italiano, Ingles, Frances, Aleman y Japones. Marco Bonafede es un un medico e un escritor italiano de…
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…