All have been selected from the Standard Edition, the only English translation for which Freud gave approval both to the editorial plan and to specific renderings of key words and phrases. Many of the selections are reproduced in full.

His clear introductions to the selections help guide the reader's journey through each work. The Freud Reader Paperback 4 July 1995 by Peter Gay (Author) 131 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover from 37.58 3 Used from 37.58 Paperback 35.00 1 Used from 24.81 10 New from 35.

Peter Gay, a leading scholar of Freud and his work, has carefully chosen these selections to provide a full portrait of Freud's thought. The fifty-one texts in this volume range from Freud's dreams, to essays on sexuality, and on to his late writings, including Civilization and Its Discontents. Freudian thought permeates virtually every aspect of twentieth-century life to understand Freud is to explore not only his scientific papers-on the psycho-sexual theory of human development, his theory of the mind, and the basic techniques of psychoanalysis-but also his vivid writings on art, literature, religion, politics, and culture. What to read from the vast output of Sigmund Freud has long been a puzzle. Freud’s legacy resides in his theory of human sexual development. All have been selected from the Standard Edition, the only English translation for which Freud gave approval both to the editorial plan and to specific renderings of key words and phrases.The first single-volume work to capture Freud's ideas as scientist, humanist, physician, and philosopher. Gay is certainly correct: Freud is part of our everyday vocabulary: the Oedipal complex and slips-of-the-tongue are two Freudian concepts with which you are probably familiar already. Gay is certainly correct: Freud is part of our everyday vocabulary: the. His clear introductions to the selections help guide the reader's journey through each work. Peter Gay, Introduction in The Freud Reader, (New York: Norton, 1989) pg.

The first single-volume work to capture Freud's ideas as scientist, humanist, physician, and philosopher.

The freud reader peter gay