The Complete Psycholgical Works of Sigmund Freud

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Obituary of Charcot toward the study of hysteria. - Rated
Included in this volume is Freud's obituary of Charcot, whom Freud had studied under in France in Oct. 1885 - Feb. 1886. It was during this period that Freud directed his attention primarily toward the study of hysteria which, while not at all the extent of his work, is perhaps what he is most famous for. In the various works of this volume Freud confidently and categorically defines what to him are the most fundamental manifestations of psychic trauma; hysteria, obsession and compulsion anxiety, and paranoia. There is some work on the physical aspects of trauma. He also 'remarks on the neuropsychoses of defense' which is similar to his later usage of repression as being caused by inappropriately early sexual experiences.

Freud in the Twentieth Century - Rated
Who's the Viennese psychiatrist who's a sex machine to all the chicks? (chorus) Freud! Damn Right.

Shaft analogies notwithinstanding, this twenty four volume set could be the greatest work of the past century, give or take a few years. Psychoanalysis, unlike most intellectual movements of the twentieth century, has had a profound impact on the way people actually speak and think about issues. Do you laugh at PHALLIC SYMBOLS? Is your boss really ANAL? Do you ever do things UNCONSCIOUSly? Yeah, I thought so. Freud and his followers have effected virtually every field of discourse on what it means to be human, in the Western World, and beyond. Although, given the pricetag, one might have to ask Santa for this stocking stuffer....