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The Psychopathology of Everyday Life, 2005-01

by: Sigmund Freud
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9780393006117  9781420924916  0393006115  1420924915 

The Psychopathology of Everyday Life
By Sigmund Freud




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In "The Psychopathology of Everyday Life" Freud examines the psychological basis for the forgetting of names and words, the misuse of words in speech and in writing, and other similiar errors. Freud's examination of the subject is extensively discussed through the use of anecdotes and examples. "The Psychopathology of Everyday Life" makes for one of Freud's more readable works. Presented here is the original english translation of A. A. Brill.




Summary: Kindle edition is terrible
Rating: 2

The book is great but the enormous number of typos in the Kindle edition makes it almost unreadable. i strongly recommend the book to anybody interested in the origins of psychoanalysis. However
, you should do yourself a favor and buy an alternative edition.



Summary: Intriguing, Logical, and Plausible (!)
Rating: 5

This is a fantastic, captivating book. The theories and ideas outlined in "Psychopathology of Everyday Life" are logical and seem more applicable, plausible, and realistic (i.e. more easily seen in everyday life) than some of Freud's other theories. Highly recommended for anyone interested in psychology, character, human behavior, or Freud's work. Covers a lot about human memory. A very good resource to have.



Summary: Intricate book
Rating: 4

It is an intricate book for those readers who love Psychology and want to discover more. The content is difficult to comprehend because Freud used a terminology that is easy to grasp by psychologists/psychiatrists. You will need another source (dictionary, person in the domain of Psych)to help you understand what he is talking about. However,I loved "The Psychopathology of Everyday Life" and I recommend to all to buy it. As I mentioned, it is an intricate book!!



Summary: Real Value
Rating: 3

The huge amount of research over the past 50 years is enough to convince even Freud's most loyal votaries that his science amounted to little more than--wish fulfillment!

But so what? Does anyone read Freud for science anymore? I hope not, but he's still an absolutely essential author.

The Freudian system of the unconscious was used by scored of brilliant artists in the 20th century. If we want to understand Faulkner, Anderson, Larsen, Dali, or Picasso, we'll need to read at least two books by Mr Freud: this one and The Interpretation of Dreams (only James Strachey's translation!).

Are they good science? Few believe that anymore. Insteadm they serve as excellent and useful metaphors for better understanding art and literature. What you do from there is up to you: you could just as easily use Freud's "nonsense" to call the art "nonsense," or you could marvel at the meaning inhered in the metaphor as used by the author. The situation and philosophical background would of course determine the matter.

Anyhow, you can't go wrong with this one here. It's a quick read; it's full of great stories; it's full of wonderful nonsense; and it's so, so very useful for literature without being offensive. Moreover, this book is easily Freud's most innocent.

Bad science. Bad philosophy. Bad theology. Useful artistic metaphor. Necessary material. Great reading!

(Only read the Alan Tyson translation as edited by James Strachey.)



Summary: why we act in certain ways
Rating: 4

Freud presents examples and case studies of why we forget, make verbal slips. Explanation of negative assocaiations which result in suibconscious 'forgetting' is explained. This book is written in laymen terms. Parts of the discussions are sometimes tedious and I lost interest at times.