"Borch-Jacobsen provides an introductory summary of Freud's psychoanalysis, emphasizing biological and historical contexts, and offering a fresh perspective on the familiar facts of Freud's theories. Scholars and students of Freud, as well as practising psychoanalysts, will benefit from this book"--
"Borch-Jacobsen provides an introductory summary of Freud's psychoanalysis, emphasizing biological and historical contexts, and offering a fresh perspective on the familiar facts of Freud's theories. Scholars and students of Freud, as well as practising psychoanalysts, will benefit from this book"--
A philosopher by training, Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen is Emeritus Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Washington, USA and an award-winning theorist and historian of psychoanalysis and psychiatry. He is the author or co-author of some sixteen books translated into twelve languages, and co-author with Anne Georget of the documentary Branding Illness (2011).
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1. The unconscious 2. The analytic cure 3. Sexuality 4. Drives 5. Culture Conclusion.