The Basic Writings Of Sigmund Freud by Sigmund Freud

A foundational collection of essays and case studies that lays out the core ideas of psychoanalytic theory and clinical method, arguing that much of mental life is unconscious and is revealed through dreams, slips, symptoms and free association; it develops concepts such as libido, repression, the Oedipus complex and stages of psychosexual development, explains neuroses as the product of unresolved childhood conflicts and defensive processes, and discusses transference and therapeutic interpretation, while also addressing the broader cultural tension between instinctual drives and social constraints.

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