Sexuality and the psychology of love
By: Sigmund Freud ; with an introd. by the editor, Philip Rieff.
Contributors: Rieff, Philip, 1922-2006.
Edition: 1st Touchstone ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
Copyright date: 1963
Subjects: Sex; Sex (Psychology)
Description: Freud's discovery of the preeminent role of sex in creating neuroses resulted in theories that changed the thinking of the world. He was a champion of greater sexual understanding in a society that only whispered the words he used out loud. This pioneering study of the nature of sexuality and love remains a monumental achievement. The importance of sexuality and infantilism in shaping individual destiny sets the general theme for these groundbreaking studies. Elaborating his now-famous frustration theory, Freud dramatically illustrates how a person's sexuality can be stifled to the point of neurosis by a sex-scared society. With utter frankness, he explains various aspects of homosexuality, incest, frigidity, impotence, masochism, sadism, and fetishism. Here is Freud at his most brilliant, raising the curtain on a new era of sexual and social awareness -- Publisher description.
Notes: "A Touchstone book."

Includes bibliographical references.