Description
This early work by Sigmund Freud was originally published in 1920 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. ‘A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis’ contains Freud’s theories on the psychology of dreams, sexual development, neuroses, and other aspects of psychoanalysis. Sigismund Schlomo Freud was born on 6th May 1856, in the Moravian town of Prbor, now part of the Czech Republic. He studied a variety of subjects, including philosophy, physiology, and zoology, graduating with an MD in 1881. Freud made a huge and lasting contribution to the field of psychology with many of his methods still being used in modern psychoanalysis. He inspired much discussion on the wealth of theories he produced and the reactions to his works began a century of great psychological investigation. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was the Austrian founder of psychoanalysis, a method for psychological therapy and a theory of human nature. His conception of the unconscious, of the relevance of dreams, and of the role played by our drives for pleasure and aggression as well as his trenchant critique of culture shape our self-understanding to this day.
