Freud

A Guide for the Perplexed
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-8264-9277-7
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 374 g

Reihe: Guides for the Perplexed

Freud is the ideal subject for a book such as this - a major thinker, widely studied in Philosophy, Cultural Studies, English and French departments, but whose work and ideas students find particularly challenging.

It is widely acknowledged that Freud was one of the most influential and groundbreaking theorists of the twentieth century. His theories permeate almost every aspect of modern-day life: literature, philosophy, science, politics, art, religion and culture. Yet his thought and writings are notoriously difficult for students to grasp.

Freud: A Guide for the Perplexed is a clear and thorough account of Freud's thought, providing an ideal guide to the important and complex ideas of this key thinker. The book introduces some of the key Freudian concepts and themes and examines the ways in which they intersect with issues in philosophy and literary theory. Geared towards the specific requirements of students who need to reach a sound understanding of Freud's thought, the guide also provides a cogent and reliable way into some of the most important debates surrounding certain psychoanalytic concepts and their application outside the clinical domain. It discusses, for example, Freud’s ideas on the comic in relation to his views on religion. This is the ideal companion to the study of this most influential and challenging of theorists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Surprenant, Céline

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Geschichte der Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. The Psychoanalytic Cure
2. The Juxtaposition of 'Stories' and 'Mechanisms'
3. Dreams
4. Affect and Representation
5. Metapsychology
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Céline Surprenant is Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Sussex. Previous publications on Freud include Freud's Mass Psychology: Questions of Scale (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003) and 'Reading Freud' in The Oxford Guide to the Theory and Practice of Literary Criticism, ed. Waugh (OUP, 2006).