Quinodoz, JeanMichel
Reading Freud (New Library of Psychoanalysis Teaching)
- 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
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.