Freud

A Very Short Introduction
Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-19-285455-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 112 mm x 178 mm, Gewicht: 150 g

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) revolutionized the way in which we think about ourselves. From its beginnings as a theory of neurosis, Freud developed psycho-analysis into a general psychology which became widely accepted as the predominant mode of discussing personality and interpersonal relationships.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Storr, Anthony

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Populärwissenschaftliche Werke
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- List of illustrations

- 2: Life and character

- 3: Exploring the past

- 4: Free association, dreams, and transference

- 5: Ego, super-ego, and id

- 6: Aggression, depression, and paranoia

- 7: Jokes and The Psycho-Pathology of Everyday Life

- 8: Art and literature

- 9: Culture and religion

- 10: Freud as therapist

- 11: Psycho-analysis today

- 12: The appeal of psycho-analysis

- Further reading

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony Storr qualified as a doctor in 1944. He subsequently specialized in psychiatry, trained as an analyst, and taught psychotherapy at Oxford. His books include The Integrity of the Personality (1960), The Dynamics of Creation (1972), Jung (1973), Solitude (1988), and Music and the Mind (1992). He is formerly Fellow of Green College, Oxford.