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Title: Freud And Beyond: A History Of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought
ISBN: 0465014054
Author:
Steven Mitchell
Margaret Black
Publicate Date: 1996-08-08
Publish: 1996-08-08
List Price: $17.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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1: A gift to the Field of Psychoanalysis
What a delight to read: it is hard to put down and not let its appeal interfer with work. Mitchell is a gifted writer who can explain the difficult in delightful prose. His descriptions glide over the page and you are spurred on to learn more. He manages to cover most of the development and ideas of psychoanalysis from its beginnings with Freud to the present. A rare find.
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2: Very Important book..
I received this book by accident.It was bought as a present for another person and was left at my house. On finding it I started to read without a lot of interest, but suddenly realied that this book is a wonderful review of phsychoanalysis. It is easy to understand and gives a thumbnail review of many important people in this field. After having spoken very enthusiasically to other people I was asked to get another copy and others have asked to borrow mine after I have finished. But this book will only be lent out and not given, this is a reference book of the highest wuality.
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3: Freud and Beyond
This book is one of the best that I've read on Freud, his ideas, and those who have branched from the psychoanalytic movement. It gives case examples for Freud's most basic concepts and showcases psychoanalytic therapists beautifully. I would HIGHLY recommend this book.
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4: Open door on psychoanalysis
If you, like me, are curious and fascinated about psychology and psychoanalysis, have confusedly heard some bits & pieces about Freud and his weird but intriguing ideas, and think that it has finally come the time when you want to find out what it's all about, this book will serve you as a gentle and effective introduction. You will gain an historical perspective of the main theories and school of thoughts, with enough material to get you started and further stimulate your curiosity, avoiding overwhelming details. Of course to really appreciate psychology and psychoanalysis you eventually have to read the main authors directly... as this discipline is not clear cut like mathematics or computer science, and the interpretation and relative weights given to the original ideas can play a major role. But you have to start somewhere, you need to have a bird's view of the discipline so that you find your orientation and decide where to go digging for more. This book serves exactly this purpose, with a synthesis of Freud's views, and an exposition of the derivation of his theories . the psychology of the ego, the Psychology of the Self, and Freudian revisionism. Alongside this historical development some case studies are presented, a nice addition to help keep the discussion on practical and realistic terms. As a minor criticism to this book, I wish there cases had been discussed in more depth. Also, you cannot help getting the impression that , like in philosophy, psychology is a field where bs is standard practice, there are no experiments like in physics and biology that can disprove the impostors. As a general rule, avoid the most convoluted and obscure authors. Freud might be weird, he might be wrong, but at least he was very clear about his ideas. Almost invariably, here and elsewhere, complexity is just a cover for emptiness.
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5: Historical foundation
I would strongly recommend this book to anyone wanting a historical perspective of the development of psychoanalytic theory. This book takes you through different offsprings of psychoanalysis beginning with Freud's contribution. It also offers a comparison of each new theory with classic Freudian psychoanalytic thought so you have an idea of which aspects were further developed and which ones were "trashed." It's a good foundational book for anyone beginning an interest in psychoanalysis.
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