description: Filip Geerardyn, and expert on Freud's early work, believes that too often we embark on the examination of a genius work with an analysis of his first masterpiece. Psychoanalytic study usually begins with studies on Hysteria or the interpretation of dreams. In this important new book, Geerardyn opens up a series of avenues which show the relevance of Freud's early work to his later formulations. This historical perspective offers insight into the status of psychoanalysis both as an overall theory and a method of treatment. Geerardyn shows the impact of the work of Bernheim, Charcot, and Breuer through a novel reading of Freud's early writings. In a similar way, and with an uninhibited sense of wonder, he illuminates the meaning of on aphasia and the project for a scientific psychology. This is a must read for all Freud scholars.
language: English
title: Freud's Project: The Roots of Psychoanalysis
titlecomplete: Freud's Project: The Roots of Psychoanalysis
publisher: Other Pr Llc