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This work presents a complete history of psychoanalysis from its origins in 19th-century medical science to the end of the 20th century. The origins of psychoanalysis as well as the more immediate influences on Freud are explored, as is the way the discipline he founded has developed... Read Full Overview

Psychoanalysis is arguably the single most important intellectual development of the 20th century. It shares boundaries with literature, psychiatry, and academic psychology, yet it is the only discipline that strives to understand the inner world of human subjective experience... Read Full Overview

This work presents a complete history of psychoanalysis from its origins in 19th-century medical science to the end of the 20th century. The origins of psychoanalysis as well as the more immediate influences on Freud are explored, as is the way the discipline he founded has developed... Read Full Overview