What Freud Really Said An Introduction to His Life and Thought

by STAFFORD-CLARK, DAVID

• ISBN13: 9780805210804
• ISBN10: 0805210806
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-02-04
• Publisher: Schocken

Summary

This book offers the most lucid overview available of Sigmund Freud, his legacy, and his place in our world. As the person responsible for the birth of psychoanalysis and one of the sharpest clinical minds of the 20th century, Freud continues to be one of the most influential thinkers of our time and one of the most controversial. For those interested in understanding the life and work of this seminal figure as well as the current debates that surround him, this book will prove an invaluable guide.

Author Biography

DAVID STAFFORD-CLARK is Consultant Emeritus at Guy's Hospital and the Institute of Psychiatry at the University of London.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix	(18)
Elisabeth Young-Bruehl
Preface	xxvii
Prelude	15	(2)
1 Fugue	17	(14)
2 Studies on Hysteria and their First Outcome	31	(29)
3 The Interpretation of Dreams	60	(35)
4 The Psychopathology of Everyday Life	95	(9)
5 Freud on Sexuality	104	(27)
6 The Concept of Psychical Structure and Function	131	(10)
7 The General Theory of the Neuroses	141	(27)
8 Three Summarized Case Histories	168	(15)
9 Additions and Revisions to the Total Theory	183	(22)
10 The Profession of Psychoanalysis: Creation and Legacy	205	(11)
11 Speculations on Man's Nature and Belief	216	(16)
12 Coda	232	(13)
Appendix: List of References as Numbered in Text	245	(8)
Glossary	253	(6)
Acknowledgments	259	(2)
Index	261