Freud's Other Theory of Psychoanalysis: The Replacement for the Indelible Theory of Catharsis

by Ahmed Fayek

Book Overview

Freud's Other Theory of Psychoanalysis: The Replacement for the Indelible Theory of Catharsis argues that Freud's familiar theory of psychoanalysis is an elaboration of his catharsis theory. Although it changed from repression of painful memories to the repression sexuality, to repression of infantile sexuality, to repressing of the Id, it still remained structurally a theory of the repression of objectionable urges. Even in Freud's desperate attempt...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765709570
• ISBN13: 9780765709578
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Jason Aronson
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"