Sigmund Freud: Examining the Essence of his Contribution (Mind Shapers, 2) - Softcover

Stevens, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1403999856 ISBN 13: 9781403999856

Publisher: Red Globe Press, 2008

Synopsis

Essential reading for both students and the general reader, this book clearly and creatively explains the core ideas of Freudian and psychoanalytic theory and enables the reader to contextualize and evaluate them. Can psychoanalysis be extended and built on to cover subsequent developments in psychology such as evolutionary theory? What moral and social implications does Freudian theory raise in relation to the problems confronting the contemporary world? The book discusses developments in psychodynamic theory over the past twenty years, and what these say about the significance and validity of Freud's ideas.

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About the Author

RICHARD STEVENS is a senior lecturer (and former Head of Department) at The Open University. He has also taught at Trinity College, Dublin. He has published several books, including Understanding the Self (Sage 1998), and the previous editions of the Freud and Erikson titles to be included in this series. He has been Consultant Editor for Psychoanalysis for OUP's Dictionary of Psychology , is Vice-President of The Open University Psychological Society and is a founder member of the Consciousness and Experiential Section of the British Psychological Society. He has considerable television and radio experience as a former BBC drama director, and as the writer, director and presenter of several Open University programmes for BBC 2.

Edition details

• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1403999856
• ISBN 13: 9781403999856
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192