A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781718936799)

Psychoanalysis was never just a method of treatment, rather a vision of the human condition which has continued to fascinate and provoke long after the death of its originator. Its central hypothesis, that we live in conflict with ourselves and seek to resolve matters by turning away from reality, did not emerge from experimental science but from self-examination and the unique opportunities for observation presented by the psychoanalytic technique - in particular, from the confessions produced by 'free-association' in Freud's consulting room. Written during the turmoil of the First World War, A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis was distilled from a series of lectures given at Vienna University, but had to wait for the war to end before being made available to the English speaking world.

Author: Sigmund Freud
ISBN-10: 1718936796
ISBN-13: 9781718936799
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 05/10/2018
Pages: 374
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.77d