- Paperback: 176 pages
- Publisher: Icon Books; New edition edition (July 25 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1840467568
- ISBN-13: 978-1840467567
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 13.7 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 249 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #631,378 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A Good Introduction To Psychoanalytic Theory,
By Rick Giombetti (Seattle) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Introducing Psychoanalysis (Paperback)
I'm preparing myself to delve into the voluminous works of Freud and this little book is a good introduction to Freud's theory of psychoanalysis. This book, like so many others about Freud, embraces and celebrates Freud's purported genius. I'm not much of a fan of fawning over Freud and characterizing his thought as scientific. I've always found psychoanalysis to be a modern form of the confessional and the notion of the "unconscious" to be a modern term for mythical religious creations, such as angels and ghosts. While authors Ward and Zarate do raise questions about the validity of psychoanalytic theory, they are enthralled with the notion that psychoanalysis is a medical treatment producing great results for patients.
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4.5 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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In my opinion, the "Introducing" series are well worth the money,
By S. Kosloske - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Introducing Psychoanalysis (Paperback)
I'd have to give this one 4 out of 5 stars. A good overview, but it seemed to me to be written more to be entertaining than to be informative, like the reader was being talked down to.
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Recommended Reading,
By RONALD AMON - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Introducing Psychoanalysis (Paperback)
This book is what you would expect in an introductory text. The purpose is not to present a dry, uninspiring and rambling prose, but to draw the reader's interest for further inquiry. The book taps into the questions most people have concerning psychoanalysis and how it relates to everyday experience. This is what college students expect when taking an Introductory Psych course and if they're lucky they will get this most bang for their education dollar. It is the woefully dismissive professor who knows nothing but running rats in mazes only to offer a teach, yawn and squirm course that is so droll it could be renamed Boredom 101. Again, an Introductory course or text SHOULD be entertaining. It should either create an interest or develop one that is already prevalent. That is why an Introductory course or text uses the most basic language, and why the successful ones entertain and, like good sex, leave the reader wanting more. It is also why such a course or book is titled, Introductory. It scratches the surface. It provides just enough information to impel the reader to seek additional resources on the topic. This is not "talking down to" but that which is implicit in the term--Introductory. Again, the title of the book is Introductory Psychoanalysis.
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