{"product_id":"sigmund-freud-9780367340124","title":"Sigmund Freud","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSigmund Freud: The Basics\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJanet Sayers provides an accessible overview of Freudâs 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 Freudâs key ideas such as psychosexual development, the Oedipus complex, and psychoanalytic treatment. Sayers then covers Freudâs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSigmund Freud: The Basics offers an essential intro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e – Susie Orbach, whose most recent book is \u003ci\u003eIn Therapy – The Unfolding Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e – Bob Hinshelwood, psychoanalyst and emeritus professor, University of Essex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'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.'\u003c\/strong\u003e – Susie Orbach, author of \u003cem\u003eFat is a Feminist Issue\u003c\/em\u003e and many other books, most recently \u003ci\u003eIn Therapy: The Unfolding Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'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.'\u003c\/strong\u003e – Bob Hinshelwood, psychoanalyst and emeritus professor, University of Essex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOverall, in a relatively short space, Sayers has written a balanced, scholarly and accessible introduction to Freud, which I think will appeal to students, as well as \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003epsychodynamic and psychoanalytic trainees.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e -\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eStephen Crawford, \u003cem\u003eBritish Journal of Psychotherapy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of figures Acknowledgements Preface \u003cstrong\u003ePart I: Pre-psychoanalytic Freud\u003c\/strong\u003e 1. Childhood and youth 2. Talking cure 3. Resistance and repression 4. Repressed abuse 5. Wishful fantasy Conclusions to Part I \u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Unconscious-conscious dynamics \u003c\/strong\u003e6. Dreams 7. Freudian slips 8. Jokes 9. Sex Conclusions to Part II \u003cstrong\u003ePart III: Psychoanalytic case studies \u003c\/strong\u003e10. 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 \u003cstrong\u003ePart IV: Consolidating psychoanalysis \u003c\/strong\u003e15.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eFreud vs. Jung 16. Sex and repression 17. Freudian symbols 18. More about sex 19. Symptom formation 20. Psychoanalytic treatment Conclusions to Part IV \u003cstrong\u003ePart V: War and its psychoanalytic aftermath \u003c\/strong\u003e21. Mourning and melancholia 22. Trauma and the death instinct 23. Oedipus, castration, penis envy 24. Id-ego-superego Conclusions to Part V \u003cstrong\u003ePart VI: Beyond clinicalpsychoanalysis \u003c\/strong\u003e25. Art, literature, film 26. Anthropology 27. Religion 28. Sociology 29. Gender politics 30. Racism Conclusions to Part VI Glossary References Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017872834903,"sku":"9780367340124","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367340124.jpg?v=1750774948","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sigmund-freud-9780367340124","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}