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Freud Explained - (Psychoanalytic Horizons) by Stephen Frosh (Hardcover)

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An engaging biographical introduction to Sigmund Freud, contextualizing the evolution of his theories within the vibrant and tumultuous climate of early-20th-century Vienna.
About the Author: Stephen Frosh is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, an Academic Associate of the British Psychoanalytical Society, a Founding Member of the Association of Psychosocial Studies, and an Honorary Member of the Institute of Group Analysis.
160 Pages
Literary Criticism, Semiotics & Theory
Series Name: Psychoanalytic Horizons

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An engaging biographical introduction to Sigmund Freud, contextualizing his theoretical development within the vibrant and tumultuous social, political, and intellectual climate of early-20th-century Vienna.

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An engaging biographical introduction to Sigmund Freud, contextualizing the evolution of his theories within the vibrant and tumultuous climate of early-20th-century Vienna.

Freud Explained presents Freud's core ideas as they developed over the course of his life, in context with his historical moment. It explains key moments in the progression of Freud's theories - such as sexual repression, the Oedipus complex, and the interpretation of dreams - weaving these together with discussions of his family history and upbringing. It also highlights important shifts, contradictions, and controversies, particularly relating to seduction theory, hysteria, female sexuality, and homosexual desire.

Stephen Frosh describes Freud's life in Vienna and the patients with whom he worked; looks at the relationships he formed with his teachers and followers; and focuses on how his theories developed in the context of the enormous social and political upheavals of the time - disruptions that eventually prompted Freud to move to England, in order "to die in freedom." Frosh's expertise on antisemitism is especially vital to his discussion of the challenges Freud faced, as a Jewish intellectual in Vienna, to the dissemination of his radical ideas.

As more people feel comfortable seeking psychotherapy, and as the socio-political world in which we live becomes more emotionally challenging, we all - knowingly or not - draw on Freud's ideas about unresolved conflicts and traumatic memories as we try to make sense of things. Freud Explained provides a highly researched and very accessible introduction to Freud that speaks to this growing curiosity about what makes us feel and act the way we do.

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"Engaging, illuminating and wondrously erudite, this compact book packs more into its study of Freud than many a library shelf. Frosh juggles biography, history, and Freud's evolving ideas with the mastery of a theoretician who is also a clinician and a consummate teacher." --Lisa Appignanesi OBE FRSL, former Chair, Freud Museum London, UK

"Stephen Frosh's Freud Baedeker provides the best concise tour of Sigmund Freud's life and thought available. Clear, shorn of jargon, Frosh shows here his mastery of the complexity of psychoanalysis by making the evolution of Freud's thinking transparent." --Sander Gilman, Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Psychiatry, Emeritus, Emory University, USA

About the Author

Stephen Frosh is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, an Academic Associate of the British Psychoanalytical Society, a Founding Member of the Association of Psychosocial Studies, and an Honorary Member of the Institute of Group Analysis. He is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Psychosocial Studies at Birkbeck, University of London, UK, and was a Visiting Professor at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, and at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He is the author of over 20 books, including most recently, Antisemitism and Racism: Ethical Challenges for Psychoanalysis, published by Bloomsbury in 2023.

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Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .44 Inches (D)

Weight: .73 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 160

Genre: Literary Criticism

Sub-Genre: Semiotics & Theory

Series Title: Psychoanalytic Horizons

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Format: Hardcover

Author: Stephen Frosh

Language: English

Street Date: May 14, 2026

TCIN: 1010971756

UPC: 9798216372004

Item Number (DPCI): 247-01-7801

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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