Quinodoz, JeanMichel

Reading Freud (New Library of Psychoanalysis Teaching)

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ISBN 13:
9781583917473
author:
Quinodoz, JeanMichel
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Routledge
language:
English
Publication Year:
2005
Pages:
295
Dimensions:
174 mm X 246 mm
Genre:
Psychoanalysis & psychoanalytical theory
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 10 working days
£41.76

Description

Reading Freud provides an accessible outline of the whole of Freud's work from Studies in Hysteria through to An Outline of Psycho-Analysis. This comprehensive guide expresses even the most complex theories in clear and simple language, avoiding over-simplification.

The book focuses on individual texts, including The Interpretation of Dreams and Civilization and its Discontents, while providing valuable background information, biographical details, historical context, and a chronology of Freud's concepts. By placing each text within the broader framework of Freud's life and work, Jean-Michel Quinodoz offers a chronological, correlative, and interactive overview.

With regular summaries of key ideas, this book encourages readers to fully engage with the texts presented and gain a thorough understanding of each in its context. Drawing on his extensive experience as a clinician and teacher of psychoanalysis, Quinodoz has produced a uniquely comprehensive presentation of Freud's work, making it an invaluable resource for anyone studying Freud and Psychoanalysis.

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