Freud Evaluated - The Completed Arc

List of contents

Part 1 Beginning assumptions: Anna O. and the origins of Freud's personality theory; Charcot, hypnosis and determinism; Freud, determinism and hysteria; Freud's adaptation of Breuer's treatment method; causes and the actual neuroses. Part 2 First theories and applications: mechanisms of symptom formation; a theory of the neuroses; expectations, actual neuroses and childhood seduction; dreams and symptoms; a theory of sexuality. Part 3 The final synthesis: the ego and the ego-instinctual drive; the instinct theory finalized; the structures of the mind. Part 4 Evaluation: psychoanalysis as theory and therapy; psychoanalysis as a method; psychoanalysis as science.

About the author

Malcolm Macmillan is Adjunct Professor in the School of Psychology at Deakin University, Australia.

Summary

Since its initial publication this critique of Freud's methods for gathering and evaluating evidence has become a classic in Freud scholarship.

Product details

• Authors: Malcolm MacMillan
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.1996
• EAN: 9780262631716
• ISBN: 978-0-262-63171-6
• No. of pages: 786
• Series: Freud Evaluated
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Basic principles; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine