FREUD - A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOANALYSIS
Sigmund Freud's controversial ideas have penetrated Western culture more deeply than those of any other psychologist. The 'Freudian slip', the 'Oedipus complex', 'childhood sexuality', 'libido', 'narcissism' 'penis envy', the 'castration complex', the 'id', the 'ego' and the 'superego', 'denial', 'repression', 'identification', 'projection', 'acting out', the 'pleasure principle', the 'reality principle', 'defence-mechanism' - are all taken for granted in our everyday vocabulary. Psychoanalysis was never just a method of treatment, rather a vision of the human condition which has continued to fascinate and provoke long after the death of its originator. Its central hypothesis, that we live in conflict with ourselves and seek to resolve matters by turning away from reality, did not emerge from experimental science but from self-examination and the unique opportunities for observation presented by the psychoanalytic technique - in particular, from the confessions produced by 'free-association' in Freud's consulting room. Written during the turmoil of the First World War, A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis was distilled from a series of lectures given at Vienna University, but had to wait for the war to end before being made available to the English speaking world.
SIGMUND FREUD
Sigismund Freud 1856 - 1939 , better known as Sigmund Freud, was an Austrian psychiatrist who founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology. If some of his ideas, always controversial, have now fallen out of favour, it does not diminish the impact that his thinking has had on psychology, therapy and, indeed, culture in general. His favourite book, 'The Interpretation of Dreams', remains the most significant work on the subject matter, even if some of the underlying theories have been discredited.
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FREUD SIGMUND
Sigmund Freud nació el 6 de mayo de 1856 en Freiberg, Moravia, entonces parte del Imperio austríaco, y murió el 23 de septiembre de 1939 en Londres. Estudió medicina en la Universidad de Viena y se especializó en neurología. A finales del siglo XIX desarrolló el psicoanálisis, un método de investigación y tratamiento que introdujo conceptos como el inconsciente, la represión y la interpretación de los sueños. Publicó obras influyentes como La interpretación de los sueños en 1900. Vivió en Viena hasta 1938, cuando emigró a Inglaterra debido a la persecución nazi. Está considerado fundador del psicoanálisis.
