Freud''s Thinking - An Introduction

"Borch-Jacobsen provides an introductory summary of Freud's psychoanalysis, emphasizing biological and historical contexts, and offering a fresh perspective on the familiar facts of Freud's theories. Scholars and students of Freud, as well as practising psychoanalysts, will benefit from this book"--

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The unconscious; 2. The analytic cure; 3. Sexuality; 4. Drives; 5. Culture; Conclusion.

About the author

A philosopher by training, Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen is Emeritus Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Washington, USA and an award-winning theorist and historian of psychoanalysis and psychiatry. He is the author or co-author of some sixteen books translated into twelve languages, and co-author with Anne Georget of the documentary Branding Illness (2011).

Summary

Borch-Jacobsen provides an introductory summary of Freud's psychoanalysis, emphasizing biological and historical contexts, and offering a fresh perspective on the familiar facts of Freud's theories. Scholars and students of Freud, as well as practising psychoanalysts, will benefit from this book.

Product details

• Authors: Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen, Mikkel (University of Washington) Borch-Jacobsen, Borch-Jacobsen Mikkel
• Assisted by: Katy Masuga (Translation), Masuga Katy (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2023
• EAN: 9781009371131
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0937113-1
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / History, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology