Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego (Norton Library)

by Sigmund Freud

Book Overview

The question he addresses here is, What are the emotional bonds that hold collective entities, such as an army and a church, together? It is a fruitful question, and Freud offers some interesting... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393007707
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.4" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Group Psychology and the Anaylsis of the Ego

Classical Freudian Psychology...his discussion on Group Behavior and the Ego (leadership functions and issues) is insightful and provides provocative understanding of group process....traditional Psychoanalytic thought.....

High Praise from a Notable Source

In his Pulitzer-Prize winning book, The Denial of Death, Ernest Becker wrote that Freud's "great work, Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego...in my opinion is probably the single most potentially liberating tract that has ever been fashioned by man." I haven't read this work of Freud's yet, but I will soon, because of Becker's comment. I've read many of Freud's works and have found them fascinating and very helpful, even though they're far fetched at times and I don't share Freud's disdain for religious faith. Becker's work is wonderful (I'm reviewing now from cover to cover the many passages I've highlighted) and voices both appreciations and criticisms of Freud throughout his work. So if he says this about Group Psychology, I've got to read it!