商品簡介
Freud's exploration of the human mind, particularly his own, is significant to fields of study far beyond its initial application to treatment through psychoanalysis. However, getting the gist of these bits and pieces is impossible without understanding the trajectory of Freud's entire concept and the evolution of his ideas. Surprenant gives social science and humanities students a solid background in the full range of Freud's work, including the psychoanalytic cure, the juxtaposition of stories and mechanisms, dreams and their representations, affect and representation, meta-psychology and economics. The result keeps those bits and pieces from straying and focuses readers on essential elements and intellectual contexts. The bibliography also serves well as a list of recommended reading. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Céline Surprenant is Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Sussex. Previous publications on Freud include Freud's Mass Psychology: Questions of Scale (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003) and 'Reading Freud' in The Oxford Guide to the Theory and Practice of Literary Criticism, ed. Waugh (OUP, 2006).
