The Psychopathology of Everyday Life

by Sigmund Freud

Overview

The most trivial slips of the tongue or pen, Freud believed, can reveal our secret ambitions, worries, and fantasies. The Psychopathology of Everyday Life ranks among his most enjoyable works. Starting with the story of how he once forgot the name of an Italian painter-and how a young acquaintance mangled a quotation from Virgil through fears that his girlfriend might be pregnant-it brings together a treasure trove of muddled memories, inadvertent actions, and verbal tangles. Amusing, moving, and deeply revealing of the repressed, hypocritical Viennese society of his day, Freud's dazzling interpretations provide the perfect introduction to psychoanalytic thinking in action.
Translated by Anthea Bell.
Introduction by Paul Keegan.

Author Biography: Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) lived his entire life in Vienna until Hitler's invasion of Austria forced him to seek asylum in London in 1938. The father of psychoanalysis, he exerted a profound influence over the whole intellectual climate of the twentieth century.
Adam Phillips was formerly Principal Child Psychotherapist at Charing Cross Hospital in London. He is the author of several books on psychoanalysis, including On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored; Darwin's Worms; Promises, Promises; and Houdini's Box.
Paul Keegan is the poetry editor at Faber and Faber.
Anthea Bell translated E. T. A. Hoffman's The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr for Penguin Classics and has received a number of translation awards.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781420979824
Publisher:	Digireads.com Publishing
Publication date:	12/11/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

"The founder of psychoanalysis— a clinical method for treating mental disorders through dialogue between a psychoanalyst and a patient— Sigmund Freud was born in 1856 in the Moravian town of Freiberg in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Freud’s medical career began in 1882 when he entered the Vienna General Hospital. He worked in various departments of the hospital and spent time as a clinical assistant at Theodor Meynert’s psychiatric clinic. In 1885, Freud was appointed as a university lecturer in neuropathology. Freud co-authored Studies on Hysteria with Josef Breuer. Published in 1895, it described the evolution of his clinical methods. The Interpretation of Dreams was published in 1899. Considered to be his masterwork, it introduces Freud’s theory of the subconscious with respect to dream interpretation.
On Dream, an abridged version of The Interpretation of Dreams was published in 1901. His other significant works include The Psychopathology of Everyday Life (1901), Jokes and their Relation to the Unconscious (1905), Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality (1905), Introduction to Psychoanalysis (1916-17), and Moses and Monotheism (1939). "

Table of Contents

The Psychopathology of Everyday Life - Sigmund Freud Introduction
Translator's Preface
I. Forgetting Proper Names
II. Forgetting Foreign Words
III. Forgetting Names and Sequences of Words
IV. On Childhood Memories and Screen Memories
V. Slips of the Tongue
VI. Slips in Reading and Slips of the Pen
VII. Forgetting Impressions and Intentions
VIII. Inadvertent Actions
IX. Symptomatic and Fortuitous Actions
X. Making Mistakes
XI. Combined Slips
XII. Determinism - Belief in Chance and Superstition - Some Points of View