Freud: A Very Short Introduction

by Anthony Storr

Overview

Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, developed a totally new way of looking at human nature. Only now, with the hindsight of the half-century since his death, can we assess his true legacy to current thought. As an experienced psychiatrist himself, Anthony Storr offers a lucid and objective look at Freud's major theories, evaluating whether they have stood the test of time, and in the process examines Freud himself in light of his own ideas. An excellent introduction to Freud's work, this book will appeal to all those broadly curious about psychoanalysis, psychology, and sociology.

About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192854551
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/28/2001
Series:	Very Short Introductions , #45
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	271,310
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 4.41(h) x 0.44(d)
Lexile:	1340L (what's this?)

About the Author

Anthony Storr is Emeritus Fellow of Green College.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations2. Life and character3. Exploring the past4. Free association, dreams, and transference5. Ego, super-ego, and id6. Aggression, depression, and paranoia7. Jokes and The Psycho-Pathology of Everyday Life8. Art and literature9. Culture and religion10. Freud as therapist11. Psycho-analysis today12. The appeal of psycho-analysisFurther readingIndex

What People are Saying About This

D. Fineman

A good, clean, brief introduction to Freud.
—(D. Fineman, Occidental College)

Editorial Reviews

"Invaluable to the novice approaching Freud's works for the first time....As an evaluation of Freud's theory, Storr's book is concise and up-to-date....An important addition to any library collection."—Choice

"Storr's brief, elegant, and interesting book coolly surveys what we might term the house of Freud and finds almost everything flawed...yet he does not dispute that the builder of the shaky house was a genius."—D.M. Thomas, The Observer

"A model exercise in synthesis."—The Independent

From the Publisher

Invaluble to the novice approaching Freud's works for the first time....As an evaluation of Freud's theory, Storr's book is concise and up-to-date....An important addition to any library collection.

Choice

Storr's brief, elegant, and interesting book coolly surveys what we might term the house of Freud and finds almost everything flawed...yet he does not dispute that the builder of the shaky house was a genius.
—(The Observer)

D. M. Thomas

A model exercise in synthesis.

Independent