Über Psychoanalyse: Fünf Vorlesungen

Name: Über Psychoanalyse: Fünf Vorlesungen
Author: Sigmund Freud

A sequence of five public lectures outlines the origins, development, and technique of psychoanalysis, opening with a clinical case of hysteria to illustrate symptom formation from psychic trauma and the talking cure. It reviews early methods and the abandonment of hypnosis, then presents core analytic tools—free association, dream interpretation, and attention to slips and symptoms—alongside concepts of repression, resistance, conversion, and psychic splitting. Later sections examine infantile sexuality, stages of sexual development, regression, fantasy, and transference, and conclude by addressing therapeutic aims, possible outcomes, and obstacles to freeing repressed material.

By Sigmund Freud

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Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst. He is best known for his theories of the unconscious mind, the mechanism of repression, and the significance of dreams in understanding human behavior. Freud's influential works include "The Interpretation of Dreams," where he explores the symbolic meanings of dreams, and "Beyond the Pleasure Principle," which examines the motivations behind human behavior. His ideas have profoundly impacted psychology, literature, and the arts, making him a pivotal figure in the development of modern thought.