Drives, Affects, Behavior (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Ryudolph Maurice Loewenstein

9780267429523: Drives, Affects, Behavior (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0267429525 ISBN 13: 9780267429523

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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How theory shapes psychoanalysis—and why it matters for real clinical work.

This concise collection argues that theory is a practical tool, not a rigid creed, guiding questions, interpretation, and the way we understand human behavior.

Designed for students and professionals, the volume frames the relationship between observation and theory, showing how ideas about drives, affects, and development influence everyday practice. It blends theoretical discussion with clinical insight to illuminate how analysts think, question, and refine their approach in the consulting room.

Clear arguments about the function and limits of psychoanalytic theory.
Discussions on how theory and clinical data interrelate in practice.
Examples that illustrate dreaming, memory, and the role of environment in development.
Considerations of specialization, consensus, and the evolution of psychoanalytic thought.

Ideal for readers of psychoanalysis, philosophy of science, and the history of psychology seeking a rigorous, accessible entry into how theory and practice inform one another.

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About the Author

Anna Freud is the youngest of Sigmund Freud's six children, and the only one to make her career in psychoanalysis, was born in Vienna on 3 December 1895. Starting her professional life as a schoolteacher, she became a member of the Vienna Psycho-Analytical Society in 1922. She maintained a lifelong interest in education, and her extensive contributions in this field were matched by those in all aspects of family law, pediatrics, as well as psychoanalytic psychology, normal and abnormal. Her work in Vienna was brought to an end by the Nazi occupation and she found sanctuary in London with her parents in 1938. Her father died in the following year, but Anna Freud maintained the tradition he began in her work as a member of the British Psycho-Analytical Society and as the founder of the Hampstead Child Therapy Clinic - now the Anna Freud Centre. Her services to psychoanalysis were recognized by the award of the CBE in 1967 and by a large number of honorary doctorates on both sides of the Atlantic, including as a gesture of reparation, an honorary MD from the University of Vienna. She died on 9 October 1982.

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