Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality

by Freud, Sigmund

• ISBN13: 9780465097081
• ISBN10: 0465097081
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-18
• Publisher: Basic Books
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Summary

The standard edition of Freud's seminal theory of the psychology of sexuality

These three essays -- "The Sexual Aberrations," "Infantile Sexuality," and "The Transformations of Puberty" -- are among Sigmund Freud's most important works. Here, Freud outlines the core features of libido theory, his grand view of the psychology of sexuality: sexual perversion is a matter of human nature and "normal" sexual behavior only appears later in life, sexual urges begin in infancy, and these urges turn their attention outward as we mature through puberty.

Freud first wrote Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality in 1905 and spent the next two decades making major revisions to the text. This edition offers Freud's complete vision of the sexual self, in the definitive James Strachey translation.

Author Biography

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was a clinical neurologist living and practicing in Vienna. His ground breaking theories of the id, ego, and super-ego of the mind continue to be studied throughout the world.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Editorial Note	p. xix
Editor's Note	p. xxi
Preface to the Second Edition	p. xxvi
Preface to the Third Edition	p. xxvi
Preface to the Fourth Edition	p. xxix
Introduction	p. xxxi
The Sexual Aberrations	p. 1
Infantile Sexuality	p. 39
The Transformations of puberty	p. 73
Summary	p. 97
Appendix	p. 110
Addenda	p. 112
List of Abbreviations	p. 113
Bibliography	p. 114
General Index	p. 123
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