A. A. Brill
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Brill, who largely introduced psychoanalysis to America, published in volume in 1921. Drawn from his lectures, but designed for the general reader and student, the book employs straightforward prose to cover subjects such as the cathartic method, the psychology of forgetting, wit, dreams and their types, insanity, the only child, fairy tales, art, and the psychopathology of everyday life.
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Brill, an active exponent of psychoanalysis, published this book in 1912 and dedicated it to Freud. Brill hoped to refute false conceptions of psychoanalysis and to encourage interest in Freud's works. Additionally, Brill applies Freud's theories of the neuroses, interpretation of dreams, sexual theories, and psychopathology to his own studies of patients in the New York State Hospital-studies that were to revolutionize mental health policy in hospitals...
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First published in 1899, "The Interpretation of Dreams" has come be regarded as Sigmund Freud's most significant work, one in which he would introduce his theory of the unconscious. According to Freud, dreams are forms of wish fulfillment, a sort of conflict resolution through subconscious processing of past and present troubles. Freud reasoned that the thoughts of the unconscious mind, being unruly and disturbing, were censored by the preconscious...
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"Totem and Taboo" is a collection of four essays by Sigmund Freud that were published together in German in 1913. Freud sought to apply his theories of psychoanalysis to the study of anthropology and early human history. The four essays cover a wide range of topics. In "The Horror of Incest", Freud examines the varied and common rules in primitive cultures that limit contact between members of the same family. In "Taboo and Emotional Ambivalence",...
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This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Totem and Taboo (1913) stands as a characteristic example of Sigmund Freud's controversial genius. Written with his typical elegance of style, persuasive reasoning, and ingenuity of rhetoric, the book is at once a work of art and a pioneering effort to extend the reach of psychology into the broader realm of social science. Totem and Taboo remains a founding text...
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When psychoanalytic investigation, which usually contents itself with frail human material, approaches the great personages of humanity, it is not impelled to it by motives which are often attributed to it by laymen. It does not strive "to blacken the radiant and to drag the sublime into the mire"; it finds no satisfaction in diminishing the distance between the perfection of the great and the inadequacy of the ordinary objects…
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"Reflections on War and Death" is a collection of essays written by Sigmund Freud, the renowned psychoanalyst, and founder of psychoanalysis. Originally published in 1918, the book delves into Freud's reflections on the psychological implications of war and the human experience of death. Freud explores the complex interplay between aggression, violence, and the human psyche, offering insights into the ways in which war and death shape individual and...
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