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A Critical Dictionary of Psychoanalysis

Charles Rycroft

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English
Penguin
28 July 2005
Over 80,000 copies sold worldwide.

Charles Rycroft's 'Critical Dictionary of Psychoanalysis' is an established reference work providing clear definitions and critical discussions of the technical terms used in psychoanalysis. ""An accurate and witty guide to the meaning of psychoanalytic terms ...

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also explains the various controversies which have disfigured the psychoanalytic movement and which are such a puzzle to those outside it. For anyone concerned with psychoanalysis and its offshoots this is an indispensable book"" Anthony Storr
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Imprint:   Penguin
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 197mm,  Width: 130mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   194g
ISBN:   9780140513103
ISBN 10:   0140513108
Pages:   256
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Charles Rycroft was born in 1914 and was educated at Wellington College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He went into private practice as a psychoanalyst in 1947 and from 1956 to 1968 was a part-time Consultant in Psychotherapy at the Tavistock Clinic. He wrote many key books on psychoanalysis including 'Anxiety and Neurosis' (1968) and 'Psychoanalysis and Beyond' (1985). He died in 1998.

Reviews for A Critical Dictionary of Psychoanalysis

A new, second edition of this useful and entertaining reference. The author is highly respected as both psychoanalyst and writer, achieves both clarity of definition and a bracing scepticism of style, with a tongue-in-cheek simplicity which is at times very funny. He manages to explain the often tortuous concepts of psychoanalysis (Freudian and other schools) without the jargonizing pomposity so common in analytic definitions - he admits to suffering from 'the not uncommon constitutional defect of being incapable of understanding Jung's writings'. Deserves a place on the shelf of anyone with an interest in psychoanalysis. (Kirkus UK)


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