The Psychology of Love
Freud, Sigmund
Whiteside, Shaun (TRN)
Johnson, Jeri (INT)
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
Freuds landmark writings on love and sexualityincluding the famous case study of Dora newly translated and in one volume for the first time This original collection brings together the most important writings on the psychology of love by one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century. Sigmund Freuds discussions of the ways in which sexuality is always psychosexualitythat there is no sexuality without fantasy have changed social, cultural, and intellectual attitudes toward erotic life. Among the influential pieces included here are On Female Sexuality, The Taboo of Virginity, A Child Is Being Beaten, and the widely cited case history of the eighteen-year-old Dora, making The Psychology of Love essential reading for anyone who wants to understand Freuds tremendous legacy.
AUTHOR BIO
Sigmund Freud (18561939) lived in Vienna until Hitlers invasion of Austria forced him to seek asylum in London in 1938. The father of psychoanalysis, he exerted a profound influence over the intellectual climate of the twentieth century. Shaun Whitesides translations for Penguin Classics include Nietzsches The Birth of Tragedy and Musils The Confusions of Young Törless. Jeri Johnson is a fellow in English at Exeter College, Oxford.
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Penguin should be congratulated on this innovative and timely project. (The Observer, London)
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ISBN: 0142437468
ISBN(13-digit): 9780142437469
Dewey Decimal: 150.19/52
Library of Congress: 2007278421
Book Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 326
Paper Weight (lb): 0.53 lb
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