Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality (Basic Books Classics) (Paperback)

by Sigmund Freud (Author) "THE fact of the existence of sexual needs in human beings and animals is expressed in biology by the assumption of a 'sexual instinct', on..." (more)
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Product Description
Freud's groundbreaking, troublemaking theory of sexuality-infantile (developmental), adolescent (transformational), and deviant-in the classic Strachey translation, with a new foreword by Nancy Chodorow, who re-animates it from the postmodern perspectives of feminist psychoanalysis and the sociology of gender.

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Text: English, German (translation)

Product Details

• Paperback: 130 pages
• Publisher: Basic Books; Revised edition (January 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0465097081
• ISBN-13: 978-0465097081
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #218,771 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "This review is from the Brill translation", September 12, 2008

By	Five Points Higher "Smartie" - See all my reviews

Do not buy this Basic Books edition. You will be getting Freud as filtered through the ideologically-driven eyes of feminist Nancy Chodorow, who wrote the foreword (check out her entry on Wikipedia).

It seems the radical feminist influence is everywhere. Feminists vehemently deny Freud's pen** envy theory, but the roots of feminism go back to Marx, and Freud himself..the two great armchair theorists of the twentieth century.

Get either the Brill translation, or see if you can find an early edition of the Strachey translation. In the meantime read Popper, for an objective discussion of why Freud was wrong (or at least non-scientific) - instead of an emotion-based (selective) rejection of him.

7 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Most Classical theory of Sex, June 19, 2000

By	hanmansoo (Seoul, Korea) - See all my reviews

It's not first book on sex in the world you know. But Considered the esseys in this book published in 1920s, it's so shocked and execellent. Freud extend his own typical attitude on sex. At first, he seems to believe that the original reason of all mental disease is on Libido or sexual drive. it's same with his other articles like [The interpretation of Dream] and so on. The content of this book is composed of so many esseys different from the "real" title of Book [three essays...]. He studied from fetishism to sex life of children variously. And continued to...anal eroticism, sexual desire of women and children... Even Most of people recently think children and women(especially young girl) have a passive sexual drive or no desire. But Freud thought the start of Sexul desire from infant period. So called Oedipus Complex! you know. Babies' Oedipus Complex formed by jealousy on their fathers. Babies want to kill their father then have [or have intercourse?] their moms according to theory of Freud. And this failed desire make growing persons sick(of course mental disease). These disease or symptoms divided variously e.g Fetishism, Paranoia, Hysteria... In conclusion, i hope you should choose this one if you wanna get deeper knowledge about origin of YOUR Sexual desire! Humm... mail to me if there comments.