The Ego and the Id (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393001426)

The Ego and the Id ranks high among the works of Freud's later years. The heart of his concern is the ego, which he sees battling with three forces: the id, the super-ego, and the outside world.

Of the various English translations of Freud's major works to appear in his lifetime, only one was authorized by Freud himself: The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud under the general editorship of James Strachey.

Freud approved the overall editorial plan, specific renderings of key words and phrases, and the addition of valuable notes, from bibliographical and explanatory. Many of the translations were done by Strachey himself; the rest were prepared under his supervision. The result was to place the Standard Edition in a position of unquestioned supremacy over all other existing versions.


Author: Sigmund Freud
ISBN-10: 0393001423
ISBN-13: 9780393001426
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 09/17/1990
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.22lbs
Size: 7.74h x 5.28w x 0.32d