Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis

By Sigmund Freud

Book Overview

An indispensable first step to an understanding of Freud's basic theories of the way the mind works and how mental illness can come about and can be relieved.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895269198
• ISBN13: 9780895269195
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Gateway Books
• Length: 69 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.5" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Freud, the easy way...

Taken from Freud's lectures when he made his famous American visit in 1909 to Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts; this book presents the great man's ideas straight forward and with brevity. Dr. Freud distills the basics of his system of personality in understandable fashion. Great primary source for a high school psychology class or a psychology enthusiast who hasn't time to muddle through Freud's deeper works.

Basic Freudian Psychology

This is a delightful little book that succintly explains and describes the origins and development of psychoanalysis. The book is designed for the novice with an interest in learning some basic on the ideas and thoughts of Sigmund Freud. The book is well written and is easy to follow and understand. The book consists of five lectures delivered by Freud in 1910 which helps you understand the basic ideas about Freudian psychology. Read this book to get a historical background to the genius and early formulation of psychoanalysis theory.