Knowledge in a Nutshell: Sigmund Freud: The complete guide to the great psychologist, including dreams, hypnosis and psychoanalysis

by Alan Porter

Overview

Sigmund Freud theories on the unconscious revolutionized the way we approach human behavior. This accessible and entertaining guide introduces Freud's key ideas, including:

• Psychoanalysis and its principles
• Therapeutic techniques such as dream analysis and hypnosis
• Psychosexual development, including the Oedipus complex
• The ego, id and superego
• Life and death drives

Alan Porter also explores Freud's life as a scientist, the conflicts and controversies he faced when proposing his new ideas to his contemporaries and the ways in which his theories have influenced psychology today.

Including illustrations throughout, simple bullet-pointed summaries at the end of each chapter and fact boxes to highlight key information, Knowledge in a Nutshell: Sigmund Freud is the perfect introduction to the great psychoanalyst and his ideas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781839402562
Publisher:	Arcturus Publishing
Publication date:	01/01/2020
Series:	Knowledge in a Nutshell , #5
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

Alan Porter is Principal Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Westminster where he leads the BSc Psychology course. He studied psychology at the Polytechnic of Central London and the London School of Economics. He has over 25 years experience of teaching social psychology and the history of psychology. Alan's research interests are in the history and philosophy of psychology, social representations and how academic psychology is understood and used in everyday life.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Mind, Madness and Psychiatry Before Freud
Chapter 2: Freud as a zoologist, neurologist and physician
Chapter 3: Freud the Neurologist
Chapter 4: The Birth of Psychoanalysis
Chapter 5: The Case Histories
Chapter 6: The Methodology of Psychoanalysis
Chapter 7: Key Psychoanalytic Concepts
Chapter 8: The Early Growth of the Psychoanalytic Movement
Chapter 9: Conflicts and Controversies
Chapter 10: Freud Outside the Clinic
Chapter 11: Current Evaluations of Freud and Psychoanalysis
Glossary
Index
Picture Credits