Sigmund Freud: The Basics is an easy-to-read introduction to the life and ideas of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis and a key figure in the history of psychology.
Janet Sayers provides an accessible overview of Freud’s early life and work, beginning with his childhood. Her book includes the stories of his most famous patients: Dora, Little Hans, the Rat Man, Judge Schreber, and the Wolf Man. It also discusses Freud’s key ideas such as psychosexual development, the Oedipus complex, and psychoanalytic treatment. Sayers then covers Freud’s later work, with a description of his observations about depression, trauma and the death instinct, as well as his 1923 theory of the id, ego, and superego. The book includes a glossary of key terms and concludes with examples of how psychoanalysis has been applied to the study of art, literature, film, anthropology, religion, sociology, gender politics, and racism.
Sigmund Freud: The Basics offers an essential introduction for students from all backgrounds seeking to understand Freud’s ideas and for general readers with an interest in psychology. For those already familiar with Freudian ideas, it offers a helpful guide to their interdisciplinary applications and context not least today.
By:
Janet Sayers
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 129mm,
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9780367340124
ISBN 10: 0367340127
Series: The Basics
Pages: 222
Publication Date: 29 September 2020
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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ELT Advanced
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Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
List of figures Acknowledgements Preface Part I: Pre-psychoanalytic Freud 1. Childhood and youth 2. Talking cure 3. Resistance and repression 4. Repressed abuse 5. Wishful fantasy Conclusions to Part I Part II: Unconscious-conscious dynamics 6. Dreams 7. Freudian slips 8. Jokes 9. Sex Conclusions to Part II Part III: Psychoanalytic case studies 10. Dora’s dreams 11. Hans’s phobia 12. The rat man’s obsession 13. Schreber’s schizophrenia 14. The wolf man’s nightmare Conclusions to Part III Part IV: Consolidating psychoanalysis 15. Freud vs. Jung 16. Sex and repression 17. Freudian symbols 18. More about sex 19. Symptom formation 20. Psychoanalytic treatment Conclusions to Part IV Part V: War and its psychoanalytic aftermath 21. Mourning and melancholia 22. Trauma and the death instinct 23. Oedipus, castration, penis envy 24. Id-ego-superego Conclusions to Part V Part VI: Beyond clinicalpsychoanalysis 25. Art, literature, film 26. Anthropology 27. Religion 28. Sociology 29. Gender politics 30. Racism Conclusions to Part VI Glossary References Index
Janet Sayers is emeritus professor of psychoanalytic psychology at the University of Kent in Canterbury where she also works as a clinical psychologist for the National Health Service. Her previous Routledge books include Art, Psychoanalysis and Adrian Stokes: A Biography; Freud's Art: Psychoanalysis Retold; and Boy Crazy: Remembering Adolescence, Therapies and Dreams.
Reviews for Sigmund Freud: The Basics
'An enjoyable and informative introduction to Freud's work, illustrated with pithy examples of his own reasoning which artfully encourages the reader to learn more about psychoanalysis's founding theorist and practitioner.' - Susie Orbach, author of Fat is a Feminist Issue and many other books, most recently In Therapy - The Unfolding Story 'This book works through the fascinating string of ideas which Freud produced in trying to find access to the hidden unconscious area of the mind by which we all live. With this introductory text Janet Sayers provides comprehensive coverage of the many areas of human life and experience considered by Freud including his false starts, detours, and ways in which both he and his followers addressed issues in developmental and abnormal psychology as well as in the arts, social sciences, and in religion too.' - Bob Hinshelwood, psychoanalyst and emeritus professor, University of Essex
