Friday, March 30, 2012

Lucian Freud: Mapping the Human (CV/Visual Arts Research)

Lucian Freud: Mapping the Human (CV/Visual Arts Research) Review



Renowned artist Lucian Freud (1922-2011) is commemorated in an exhibition of fifty portraits spanning his working life, held at "The National Portrait Gallery London" from February to May 2012. The review explores the development of his art from the potent and hyper-sensed studies of the 1940s to major paintings in the later phase, where the artist engaged in a complex and sometimes brutal meditation on the human being, drawn from an intimate engagement with the sitter. Freud's unsparing eye maps his subjects, sustaining single handed an almost unique commitment to the ambitions of high art, grounded in the canons of classic Western tradition. The monograph also includes a review of Freud's figure drawings, exhibited at Blain|Southern Gallery.


Wednesday, March 28, 2012

A interpretação dos sonhos (Primeira parte) (1900) (Obras Completas) (Portuguese Edition)

A interpretação dos sonhos (Primeira parte) (1900) (Obras Completas) (Portuguese Edition) Review



INTRODUÇÃO
Capítulo I - A LITERATURA CIENTÍFICA QUE TRATA DOS PROBLEMAS DOS SONHOS
Capítulo II - O MÉTODO DE INTERPRETAÇÃO DOS SONHOS: ANÁLISE DE UM SONHO MODELO
Capítulo III - O SONHO É A REALIZAÇÃO DE UM DESEJO
Capítulo IV - A DISTORÇÃO NOS SONHOS
Capítulo V - O MATERIAL E AS FONTES DOS SONHOS
Capítulo VI - O TRABALHO DO SONHO


Monday, March 26, 2012

Freud: A Very Short Introduction

Freud: A Very Short Introduction Review



Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, developed a totally new way of looking at human nature. Only now, with the hindsight of the half-century since his death, can we assess his true legacy to current thought. As an experienced psychiatrist himself, Anthony Storr offers a lucid and objective look at Freud's major theories, evaluating whether they have stood the test of time, and in the process examines Freud himself in light of his own ideas. An excellent introduction to Freud's work, this book will appeal to all those broadly curious about psychoanalysis, psychology, and sociology.


Friday, March 23, 2012

Studies in Hysteria (Penguin Modern Classics)

Studies in Hysteria (Penguin Modern Classics) Review



The tormenting of the body by the troubled mind, hysteria is among the most pervasive of human disorders - yet at the same time it is the most elusive. Freud's recognition that hysteria stemmed from traumas in the patient's past transformed the way we think about sexuality. Studies in Hysteria is one of the founding texts of psychoanalysis, revolutionizing our understanding of love, desire and the human psyche.


Thursday, March 22, 2012

The Basic Writings of C. G. Jung (Modern Library)

The Basic Writings of C. G. Jung (Modern Library) Review



In exploring the manifestations of human spiritual experience both in the imaginative activities of the individual and in the formation of mythologies and of religious symbolism in various cultures, C. G. Jung laid the groundwork for a psychology of the spirit. The excerpts here illuminate the concept of the unconscious, the central pillar of his work, and display ample evidence of the spontaneous spiritual and religious activities of the human mind. This compact volume will serve as an ideal introduction to Jung's basic concepts.

Part I of this book, "On the Nature and Functioning of the Psyche," contains material from four works: "Symbols of Transformation," "On the Nature of the Psyche," "The Relations between the Ego and the Unconscious," and "Psychological Types." Also included in Part I are "Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious" and "Psychological Aspects of the Mother Archetype." Part II, "On Pathology and Therapy," includes "On the Nature of Dreams," "On the Pathogenesis of Schizophrenia," and selections from "Psychology of the Transference." In Part III appear "Introduction to the Religious and Psychological Problems of Alchemy" and two sections of "Psychology and Religion." Part IV, called "On Human Development," consists of the essay "Marriage as a Psychological Relationship."


Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Basic Freud: Psychoanalytic Thought for the 21st Century

Basic Freud: Psychoanalytic Thought for the 21st Century Review



In Basic Freud, noted psychologist Michael Kahn shows that even in the age of psychopharmaceuticals and cognitive therapy, Freud's major insights into the unconscious remain unsurpassed tools for understanding our behaviors, motivations, and emotions. Kahn presents key ideas such as the Oedipus complex, the repetition compulsion, guilt, anxiety, and defense mechanisms, along with recent research that has supported or expanded Freud's findings. Kahn also presents real case studies from his own work as a psychotherapist to show how Freudian thought has been instrumental in helping his clients discover who they are and escape from destructive patterns. Lay readers and professional psychotherapists alike will benefit from Kahn's fresh, informed, and unpretentious approach.


Monday, March 19, 2012

Freud and Beyond: A History of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought

Freud and Beyond: A History of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought Review



Freud’s concepts have become a part of our psychological vocabulary: unconscious thoughts and feelings, conflict, the meaning of dreams, the sensuality of childhood. But psychoanalytic thinking has undergone an enormous expansion and transformation over the past fifty years. With Freud and Beyond, Stephen A. Mitchell and Margaret J. Black make contemporary psychoanalytic thinking—the body of work that has been done since Freud—available for the first time. Richly illustrated with case examples, this lively, jargon-free introduction makes modern psychoanalytic thought accessible at last.


Monday, March 12, 2012

The Freud Files: An Inquiry into the History of Psychoanalysis

The Freud Files: An Inquiry into the History of Psychoanalysis Review



How did psychoanalysis attain its prominent cultural position? How did it eclipse rival psychologies and psychotherapies, such that it became natural to bracket Freud with Copernicus and Darwin? Why did Freud 'triumph' to such a degree that we hardly remember his rivals? This book reconstructs the early controversies around psychoanalysis and shows that rather than demonstrating its superiority, Freud and his followers rescripted history. This legend-making was not an incidental addition to psychoanalytic theory but formed its core. Letting the primary material speak for itself, this history demonstrates the extraordinary apparatus by which this would-be science of psychoanalysis installed itself in contemporary societies. Beyond psychoanalysis, it opens up the history of the constitution of the modern psychological sciences and psychotherapies, how they furnished the ideas which we have of ourselves and how these became solidified into indisputable 'facts'.


Sunday, March 4, 2012

Leonardo da Vinci: A Psychosexual Study of an Infantile Reminiscence

Leonardo da Vinci: A Psychosexual Study of an Infantile Reminiscence Review



2010 Reprint of 1916 English Edition. Leonardo da Vinci remains among the most fascinating, though speculative, works of Freud's entire output. A detailed reconstruction of Leonardo's emotional life from his earliest years, this work represents Freud's first sustained venture into biography from a psychoanalytic perspective, and also his effort to trace one route that homosexual development can take.


Saturday, March 3, 2012

Zur Psychopathologie des Alltagslebens (Dodo Press) (German Edition)

Zur Psychopathologie des Alltagslebens (Dodo Press) (German Edition) Review



Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), ursprünglich Sigismund Schlomo Freud, war ein bedeutender österreichischer Arzt und Tiefenpsychologe, der als Begründer der Psychoanalyse und als Religionskritiker Bekanntheit erlangte. Nach anfänglichen Plänen, Jura zu studieren, immatrikuliert er sich 1873 an der medizinischen Fakultät der Universität Wien. 1882 tritt Freud eine Stelle im Wiener Allgemeinen Krankenhaus unter Theodor Meynert an; dort arbeitete er im Laboratorium für Gehirnanatomie. 1884-87 befasst er sich mit Forschungen bezüglich Kokain. 1886 lässt er sich als Arzt nieder und leitet die neurologische Abteilung im Ersten Öffentlichen Kinder-Krankeninstitut von Max Kassowitz bis 1897. 1899 erscheint Freuds frühes Hauptwerk, Die Traumdeutung, vordatiert auf 1900. Freud beruft 1908 den ersten psychoanalytischen Kongress nach Salzburg ein. 1910 gründet er die Internationale Psychoanalytische Vereinigung (IPV). Sigmund Freuds Theorien und Methoden werden noch heute kontrovers diskutiert. Freud gilt als einer der einflussreichsten Denker des 20. Jahrhunderts. Zu den Werken Freuds gehören: Zur Psychopathologie des Alltagslebens (1904), Drei Abhandlungen zur Sexualtheorie (1905), Totem und Tabu (1913), Vorlesungen zur Einführung in die Psychoanalyse (1917), Massenpsychologie und Ich-Analyse (1921) und Warum Krieg? (mit Albert Einstein) (1933).