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Freud: A Very Short Introduction ‘A thoughtful critique of Freud and Freudianism by a sympathiser. It is all the more devastating for being so charmingly and simply written’ Christopher Brand, University of Edinburgh ‘An excellent introduction to Freud’s work’ G. Owens, Clinical Psychology, Liverpool University ‘A lucid, unbiased account which will help to put Freudian theory into proper perspective’ D. Roger, University of York ‘an admirable little book: the author succeeds in giving a concise and lucidly written overview of Freud’s work and life ... the approach is constructively critical without minimising Freud’s great achievement’ Hans W. Cohn, British Journal of Psychiatry ‘students eager for a quick, clear impression of the psychoanalytic field are likely to welcome this lucid and concise contribution’ Journal of Analytic Psychology Very Short Introductions are for anyone wanting a stimulating and accessible way in to a new subject. 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Allan Hobson THE RAJ Denis Judd ECONOMICS Partha Dasgupta THE RENAISSANCE THE END OF THE WORLD Jerry Brotton Bill McGuire RENAISSANCE ART EXISTENTIALISM Thomas Flynn Geraldine Johnson THE FIRST WORLD WAR SARTRE Christina Howells Michael Howard THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR FREE WILL Thomas Pink Helen Graham FUNDAMENTALISM TRAGEDY Adrian Poole Malise Ruthven THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Habermas Gordon Finlayson Martin Conway For more information visit our web site www.oup.co.uk/vsi Anthony Storr Freud A Very Short Introduction 1 3 Great Clarendon Street, Oxford ox2 6dp Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in OxfordNew York AucklandBangkokBuenos AiresCape TownChennai Dar es SalaamDelhiHong KongIstanbulKarachiKolkata Kuala LumpurMadridMelbourneMexico CityMumbaiNairobi São PauloShanghaiTaipeiTokyoToronto Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York © Anthony Storr 1989 The moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First published as an Oxford University Press paperback 1989 First published as a Very Short Introduction 2001 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organizations. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Data available ISBN 13: 978–0–19–285455–1 ISBN 10: 0–19–285455–0 9108 Typeset by RefineCatch Ltd, Bungay, Suffolk Printed in Great Britain by TJ International Ltd., Padstow, Cornwall Contents Acknowledgements viii List of illustrations ix 1 Life and character 1 2 From trauma to phantasy 17 3 Exploring the past 29 4 Free association, dreams, and transference 40 5 Ego, super-ego, and id 57 6 Aggression, depression, and paranoia 69 7 Jokes and The Psycho-Pathology of Everyday Life 82 8 Art and literature 91 9 Culture and religion 105 10 Freud as therapist 117 11 Psychoanalysis today 132 12 The appeal of psychoanalysis 142 Further reading 156 Index 160 Acknowledgements Sir Keith Thomas made valuable comments on the text, and Catherine Clarke proved an expert editor. I am particularly grateful to Dr Charles Rycroft, who drew my attention to some omissions, and made other useful suggestions. I owe a considerable debt to his books, as well as to his critical appraisal of the present text. List of illustrations 1 Freud arrives in Paris on his 5 Part of Freud’s collection of way to London, 1938 2 antique statuettes 10 © Mary Evans Picture Library/ © Mary Evans Picture Library/ Sigmund Freud Copyrights Sigmund Freud Copyrights 2 A letter to Martha written 6 The entrance to Freud’s last in agitation, 9 August house, 20 Maresfield 1882 4 Gardens, London, NW3 12 © Mary Evans Picture Library/ © Mary Evans Picture Library/ Sigmund Freud Copyrights Sigmund Freud Copyrights 3 Freud and his fiancée 7 J. M. Charcot demonstrates Martha Bernays on their the symptoms of hysteria, engagement, 1885 5 1887 18 © Mary Evans Picture Library/ © Mary Evans Picture Library Sigmund Freud Copyrights 8 Freud as a young man, 4 Freud in the Dolomites with c.1885 19 his daughter Anna, 1913 7 © Mary Evans Picture Library/ © Photo by Max Hallberstadt/Mary Sigmund Freud Copyrights Evans Picture Library/Sigmund Freud Copyrights
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