What Freud Really Meant
Douban
A Chronological Reconstruction of his Theory of the Mind
Susan Sugarman
overview
By tracking the development of Freud's thought, Susan Sugarman reconstructs his theory as a fascinating and organic system that evokes mental life as we live it. This book will appeal to both specialists and students of Freud, who will appreciate an exciting new interpretation of familiar material.
contents
Introduction
1. Freud on psychoanalysis: 'Five Lectures on Psychoanalysis' (1909a)
2. The pleasure and reality principles: 'Formulations Regarding Two Principles in Mental Functioning' (1911)
'The Psychology of the Dream-Processes' from The Interpretation of Dreams (1900)
3. Ambivalence and the origin of the civilized mind: 'Taboo and Emotional Ambivalence' from Totem and Taboo (1913b)
4. Narcissism as stage in development: 'On Narcissism: An Introduction' (1914)
5. The impetus to the mind: 'Instincts and Their Vicissitudes' (1915a)
6. The possibility of repression: 'Repression' (1915b)
'Negation' (1925a)
7. The unconscious and the structure of the mind: 'The Unconscious' (1915c)
8. Beyond the pleasure principle: 'Beyond the Pleasure Principle' (1920)
9. A new architecture of the mind: 'The Ego and the Id' (1923)
10. Pleasure revised: 'An Economic Problem in Masochism' (1924)
11. Civilization, morality, and the pursuit of pleasure: 'Civilization and its Discontents' (1930)
Epilogue: what Freud really meant