This standard introduction to psycho-analysis has been thoroughly revised to clarify and refine the concepts presented, and two new chapters have been added. Comprehensive and lucid, Dr. Brenner's volume is the indispensable orientation to the subject for both laymen and students.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Frequently Bought Together
Editorial Reviews
From the Publisher
This standard introduction to psycho-analysis has been thoroughly revised to clarify and refine the concepts presented, and two new chapters have been added. Comprehensive and lucid, Dr. Brenner's volume is the indispensable orientation to the subject for both laymen and students.
From the Inside Flap
This standard introduction to psycho-analysis has been thoroughly revised to clarify and refine the concepts presented, and two new chapters have been added. Comprehensive and lucid, Dr. Brenner's volume is the indispensable orientation to the subject for both laymen and students.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
47 of 48 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best introduction to psychoanalysis I've read,
This review is from: An Elementary Textbook of Psychoanalysis (Paperback)
If you've ever wondered what "ego", "id", "projection", and all the other psychoanalytic vocabulary meant, and wanted a book which thoughtfully assumed you were a novice, this is it. Brenner writes in a very readable style, and assumes that the reader is new to the field, so he is clear and expressive in his development, but never insults the reader's intelligence. He also gives examples of the ideas he writes about, bringing them alive, rather than leaving them as theoretical constructs. If you want to go further into psychoanalysis, want to understand the theories for their relevance to literature, film and other arts, or just want to be conversant in an otherwise arcane lexicon, read this book.
19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Basic and not up to date,
By
This review is from: An Elementary Textbook of Psychoanalysis (Paperback)
This is a very basic introduction and leaves out adequate coverage of object relations and Self Psychology which are breathing new life into Psychoanalysis. (Kernberg and Kohut)A better introduction which covers much more and is more readable is Anthony Bateman and Jeremy Holmes "Introduction to Psychoanalysis"
23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent indepth look at Psychoanalysis...,
By headoctor1@aol.com (Sunny So Cal...) - See all my reviews
This review is from: An Elementary Textbook of Psychoanalysis (Paperback)
Are you having trouble understanding Psychoanalysis? This text may help. I wouldn't recommend this book to the lay person though. It contains some complex vocabulary that only most Psychologists understand. For begining graduate and some undergraduate students, this book covers all of the Freudian Theory (unconscious, dreams, etc.) for an intellectually stimulting time. The author also goes over some of the "hard times" that Frued's theories have undergone, and has some examples of the "Psuedo-scientific" approach to explaining affect and behaviors. Some good case examples to apply the Psychoanalytic Theory to clinical practice.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
Psychoanalysis is a scientific discipline which was begun by Sigmund Freud and which is still indissolubly associated with his name. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nocturnal sensations, latent dream content, instinctual regression, psychic representatives, manifest dream, psychoneurotic symptoms, instinctual wishes, primary process thinking, normal mental life, psychic importance, structural hypothesis, psychic apparatus, oedipal wishes, instinctual conflicts, superego formation, oedipal period, hostile wishes, secondary process thinking, latent content, unconscious mental processes, object cathexes, unconscious mental life, instinctual life, murderous wishes, drive derivative Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Standard Edition, Anna Freud, Complete Introductory Lectures, The Interpretation of Dreams, International Universities Press, New Introductory Lectures New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Psychoanalysis is a scientific discipline which was begun by Sigmund Freud and which is still indissolubly associated with his name. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nocturnal sensations, latent dream content, instinctual regression, psychic representatives, manifest dream, psychoneurotic symptoms, instinctual wishes, primary process thinking, normal mental life, psychic importance, structural hypothesis, psychic apparatus, oedipal wishes, instinctual conflicts, superego formation, oedipal period, hostile wishes, secondary process thinking, latent content, unconscious mental processes, object cathexes, unconscious mental life, instinctual life, murderous wishes, drive derivative Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Standard Edition, Anna Freud, Complete Introductory Lectures, The Interpretation of Dreams, International Universities Press, New Introductory Lectures New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 16
books:
See all 16 books this book cites
67
books
cite this book:
See all 67 books citing this book
- The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud on 4 pages
- Beyond the Pleasure Principle (Norton Library) by Sigmund Freud on page 19, and page 70
- Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense (The Writings of Anna Freud, Vol. 2, 1936) by Anna Freud on page 96, and Back Matter
- The Complete Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud on page 55, and page 170
- Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud on page 55, and page 170
See all 16 books this book cites
- "Not to People Like Us": Hidden Abuse in Upscale Marriages by Susan Weitzman on 4 pages
- I Wish I Were Thin, I Wish I Were Fat: The Real Reasons We Overeat and What We Can Do About It by Michelle Joy Levine on page 28, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Necessary Losses: The Loves, Illusions, Dependencies, and Impossible Expectations That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Grow by Judith Viorst in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Dimensions of Dreams: The Nature, Function and Interpretation of Dreams by Ole Vedfelt in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Of Two Minds: The Growing Disorder in American Psychiatry by T.M. Luhrmann on page 198, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
See all 67 books citing this book
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
So You'd Like to...
|
|
