Psychoanalysis Books
The Freud/Jung Letters: Complete Edition
The complete letters between Freud and Jung, discussing colleagues, strategies for advancing psychoanalysis, and their ultimate split.
Narcissism
Are you a narcissist? Do you know someone who is? Contrary to popular belief, narcissists do not love themselves, or anyone else. They are people who cannot accept their true selves, constructing... (more)
Sexual Attraction and Childhood Association: A Chinese Brief for Edward Westermarck
This text challenges the basis of Freudian psychology by showing that its explanation of the incest taboo is unfounded. Based on a study of over fourteen thousand Chinese women, it shows that there... (more)
Oedipus: A folklore casebook
Looking beyond the story related in Sophocles' drama this book examines variants of the Oedipus tale from around the world. Taking sociological, psychological, anthropological and structuralist... (more)
The Idea of the Past: History, Science and Practice in American Psychoanalysis
Looks at the different theories of the psychoanalytic past - from object relations, to Lacanianism, to ego psychology. 320 pages.
The Freudians: A Comparative Perspective
Explains how psychoanalysis took root in each country, outlines the history of the various psychoanalytic institutions, and describes how Freudian doctrine has been transmitted by aesthetic values,... (more)
Falling backwards: An exploration of trust and self-experience
Once the premise that we are dependent on one another for the provision of psychological experiences essential to selfhood is accepted, the need to trust and to be trusted assumes an essential role... (more)
Self Analysis
This text discusses how individuals can use the techniques of psychoanalysis to solve problems on their own. It covers topics such as: the way neuroses work; the different stages of psychoanalytical... (more)
Final Lectures
Addressed to the author's class of psychoanalysts in training during the last year of her life, these lectures focus on: the patient-therapist relationship; the process of psychoanalysis from the... (more)
Feminine Psychology
Topics discussed include: frigidity, maternal conflicts, distrust between the sexes and feminine masochism.
The Foundations of Psychoanalysis: A Philisophical Critique
A comprehensive and systematic philisophical examinations of Freud's own arguements for his theoretical and therapeutic enterprise. 310 pages. (more)
Nietzsche's Presence in Freud's Life and Thought: On the Origins of a Psychology of Dynamic Mental Functioning
Although Freud wrote that Nietzsche had 'anticipated' psychoanalytic concepts, he denied any direct influence on this thought. This book examines in detail the nature of Freud's relationship to the... (more)
Dual Alliance: Freud as a Modern Jew
Drawing on Freud's correspondence, this book argues that his Jewishness was - in fact - a source of energy and pride for him, and that he identified with both the Jewish and humanist traditions. The... (more)
Discovering the History of Psychiatry
Contains essays which trace the evolution of scientific writing on psychiatry, exploring historical figures and movements as well as the history of the asylum, biographies of Freud, and popular... (more)
Self Inquiry
121 pages.
The Essentials of Psychoanalysis
Narcissism and the Interpersonal Self
Discusses narcissism and the problems of the self, and defines the differences between the interpersonal view-point and other schools.
Psychoanalysis: A Theory in Crisis
324 pages (more)
Hypothesis and Evidence in Psychoanalysis
A scholar, psychologist, physician, and experienced psychoanalyst, Marshall Edelson is uniquely qualified to respond to questions about the scientific status of psychoanalysis. He has written this... (more)