A General Introduction To Psychoanalysis By Sigmund Freud

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"A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis" is a seminal work written by Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis. Originally published in 1920 as "Vorlesungen zur Einführung in die Psychoanalyse" in German, it serves as an overview of Freud's psychoanalytic theories and concepts. In this book, Freud provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles of psychoanalysis, discussing topics such as the unconscious mind, the structure of the psyche (id, ego, and superego), dream interpretation, and the mechanisms of defense. Freud's psychoanalytic approach revolutionized the understanding of human behavior and influenced various fields, including psychology, psychiatry, and literature. "A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis" remains an important text for those interested in the foundations of psychoanalysis and Freudian theory. It has been translated into numerous languages and continues to be studied and referenced in the fields of psychology and mental health.

Though it has now fallen out of favor among many practitioners and scholars, Freud's concept of psychoanalysis -- an approach that focuses primarily on adverse events in early childhood and irrational drives that are overcome via extended talk therapy -- was and continues to be enormously influential, not only in the realm of psychology, but also in the larger culture. This volume offers a comprehensive overview of psychoanalysis from the point of view of the field's creator. As part of our mission to publish great works of literary fiction and nonfiction, Sheba Blake Publishing Corp. is extremely dedicated to bringing to the forefront the amazing works of long dead and truly talented authors.

♥♥ A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis BY Sigmund Freud ♥♥ A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis is a set of lectures given by Sigmund Freud 1915-17 (published 1916-17), which became the most popular and widely translated of his works. ♥♥ A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis BY Sigmund Freud ♥♥ The 28 lectures offered an elementary stock-taking of his views of the unconscious, dreams, and the theory of neuroses at the time of writing, as well as offering some new technical material to the more advanced reader. ♥♥ A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis BY Sigmund Freud ♥♥ The lectures became the most popular and widely translated of his works. However, some of the positions outlined in Introduction to Psychoanalysis would subsequently be altered or revised in Freud's later work; and in 1932 he offered a second set of seven lectures numbered from 29–35—New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis—as complement (though these were never read aloud and featured a different, sometimes more polemical style of presentation). ♥♥ A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis BY Sigmund Freud ♥♥

I DO not know how familiar some of you may be, either from your reading or from hearsay, with psychoanalysis. But, in keeping with the title of these lectures—A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis—I am obliged to proceed as though you knew nothing about this subject, and stood in need of preliminary instruction. To be sure, this much I may presume that you do know, namely, that psychoanalysis is a method of treating nervous patients medically. And just at this point I can give you an example to illustrate how the procedure in this field is precisely the reverse of that which is the rule in medicine. Usually when we introduce a patient to a medical technique which is strange to him we minimize its difficulties and give him confident promises concerning the result of the treatment. When, however, we undertake psychoanalytic treatment with a neurotic patient we proceed differently. We hold before him the difficulties of the method, its length, the exertions and the sacrifices which it will cost him; and, as to the result, we tell him that we make no definite promises, that the result depends on his conduct, on his understanding, on his adaptability, on his perseverance. We have, of course, excellent motives for conduct which seems so perverse, and into which you will perhaps gain insight at a later point in these lectures. Do not be offended, therefore, if, for the present, I treat you as I treat these neurotic patients. Frankly, I shall dissuade you from coming to hear me a second time. With this intention I shall show what imperfections are necessarily involved in the teaching of psychoanalysis and what difficulties stand in the way of gaining a personal judgment. I shall show you how the whole trend of your previous training and all your accustomed mental habits must unavoidably have made you opponents of psychoanalysis, and how much you must overcome in yourselves in order to master this instinctive opposition. Of course I cannot predict how much psychoanalytic understanding you will gain from my lectures, but I can promise this, that by listening to them you will not learn how to undertake a psychoanalytic treatment or how to carry one to completion. Furthermore, should I find anyone among you who does not feel satisfied with a cursory acquaintance with psychoanalysis, but who would like to enter into a more enduring relationship with it, I shall not only dissuade him, but I shall actually warn him against it. As things now stand, a person would, by such a choice of profession, ruin his every chance of success at a university, and if he goes out into the world as a practicing physician, he will find himself in a society which does not understand his aims, which regards him with suspicion and hostility, and which turns loose upon him all the malicious spirits which lurk within it.

Freud's excellent lectures introducing the key pillars of psychoanalytic practice and theory are presented here complete. First given between 1915 and 1917, the lectures within this edition explain in detail the theories pioneered by Freud. Delivered in the later part of his career, these lectures can be considered a retrospective summary of the ideas which revolutionised psychology in the early 20th century. It is here that the fully-formed ideas are expressed clearly, with the added benefit of the experiences Freud had in employing his methods to treat sufferers of mental illness or neuroses. Various aspects of Freudian theory are laid bare in Freud's own words, with the lectures organised into three distinct parts: Part One, entitled 'The Psychology of Errors', attempts to explain the nature of the psychological treatment given to the patient. Consisting of four lectures, it is Freud's own attempt to demystify and clarify the aims behind the treatment of the sufferer in the throes of mental ill health. He also advances the notion that the everyday, non-psychologist can benefit from the knowledge, in that it may provide a measure of introspective enlightenment. Part Two, 'The Dream', embarks on a thorough explanation of the dream theory which formed a central pillar of Freudian treatment of patients. The various types of dream, the time of their occurrence, and how memorable and poignant they appear to the patient, are identified as factors in treatment. Dreams are interpreted as signifying the desires and fears of the patient, with significant dream events seen as containing intense symbolism. Part Three, 'General Theory of the Neuroses', concerns the means by which individual mental problems are identified and treated. Many of the Freudian theories on sexual desire are alluded to here, being as Freud attributed much mental distress to an inadequate or poorly developed libido. Aspects such as unconscious or subconscious mind, and the methods of psychoanalytic therapy are likewise explained in-depth. The translation of the lectures to English was accomplished by Freud's contemporary G. Stanley Hall. Since first appearing in 1920, this rendition of the lectures has been praised for accurately relaying the concepts, theory and practices behind Freudian psychoanalysis. This edition also contains an introductory preface by Hall, who explains the intellectual context and rival theories present in the-then fledgling scientific discipline of psychology.

A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis Sigmund Freud Translated by G. Stanley Hall These twenty-eight lectures to laymen are elementary and almost conversational. Freud sets forth with a frankness almost startling the difficulties and limitations of psychoanalysis, and also describes its main methods and results as only a master and originator of a new school of thought can do. These discourses are at the same time simple and almost confidential, and they trace and sum up the results of thirty years of devoted and painstaking research. While they are not at all controversial, we incidentally see in a clearer light the distinctions between the master and some of his distinguished pupils. Part 1 -- The Psychology of Errors First Lecture Introduction Second Lecture The Psychology of Errors Third Lecture The Psychology of Errors -- ( Continued ) Fourth Lecture The Psychology of Errors -- ( Conclusion ) Part 2 -- The Dream Fifth Lecture -- Difficulties and Preliminary Approach Sixth Lecture -- Hypothesis and Technique of Interpretation Seventh Lecture -- Manifest Dream Content and Latent Dream Thought Eighth Lecture -- Dreams of Childhood Ninth Lecture -- The Dream Censor Tenth Lecture -- Symbolism in the Dream Eleventh Lecture -- The Dream-Work Twelfth Lecture -- Analysis of Sample Dreams Thirteenth Lecture -- Archaic Remnants and Infantilism in the Dream Fourteenth Lecture -- Wish Fulfillment Fifteenth Lecture -- Doubtful Points and Criticism Part 3 -- General Theory of the Neuroses Sixteenth Lecture -- Psychoanalysis and Psychiatry Seventeenth Lecture -- The Meaning of the Symptoms Eighteenth Lecture -- Traumatic Fixation -- The Unconscious Nineteenth Lecture -- Resistance and Suppression Twentieth Lecture -- The Sexual Life of Man Twenty-First Lecture -- Development of the Libido and Sexual Organizations Twenty-Second Lecture -- Theories of Development and Regression -- Etiology Twenty-Third Lecture -- The Development of the Symptoms Twenty-Fourth Lecture -- Ordinary Nervousness Twenty-Fifth Lecture -- Fear and Anxiety Twenty-Sixth Lecture -- The Libido Theory and Narcism Twenty-Seventh Lecture -- Transference Twenty-Eighth Lecture -- Analytical Therapy

Weaving together state-of-the-art research, theory, and clinical insights, this book provides a new understanding of the unconscious and its centrality in human functioning. The authors review heuristics, implicit memory, implicit learning, attribution theory, implicit motivation, automaticity, affective versus cognitive salience, embodied cognition, and clinical theories of unconscious functioning. They integrate this work with cognitive neuroscience views of the mind to create an empirically supported model of the unconscious. Arguing that widely used psychotherapies--including both psychodynamic and cognitive approaches--have not kept pace with current science, the book identifies promising directions for clinical practice. Winner--American Board and Academy of Psychoanalysis Book Prize (Theory)