Paperback
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Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality:The 1905 Edition
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Paperback (2017)
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Ebook
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The first English-language translation of the essays’ early form, revealing a radically different approach to psychoanalysis
This new edition of Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality raises the fascinating possibility that Freud suppressed his first and best thoughts on the topic. Only today, when societies have begun the serious work of reconceptualizing sexual identities, can these ideas be properly understood.
Translated from the 1905 edition, this version presents a Freud absent the Oedipal complex. In its place stands his autoerotic theory of sexual development, depicting an understanding of sexuality that transcends binary categorization. In these early essays, the development of self is not rooted in the assumption of a sexual identity. Instead, the imposition of sexual categories on the infant mind becomes a source of neurosis.
With an introduction from leading Freud scholars Philippe Van Haute and Herman Westerink.
The description and cover above are taken from the Paperback (2027) edition. Other editions may vary.
Reviews
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Freud’s Three Essays on Sexuality stands, there can be no doubt, beside his Interpretation of Dreams as his most momentous and original contributions to human knowledge.
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One of Freud’s most significant and most original contributions to our understanding of human experience.
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Is psychoanalysis outdated? … We should not be too hasty. Perhaps we should instead insist that the time of psychoanalysis has only just arrived.
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The questions posed by Freud were ones that his age did not think of asking—or, if they were asked, the age did not want to hear anything about them. In other words, Freud made history rather than being made by it.
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Freud’s work was a new foundation, a rupture.