FREUD FOR BEGINNERS

BookDescriptionTheBeginnerBooks--"Theircartoonformatandirreverentwitmakedifficultideasaccessibleandentertaining."--NewsdayEverythingyouneedtoknowaboutneurosis,libido,ego,andid--butsomehowitslippedyourmind.FreudforBeginnersisaperfectintroductiontothelifeandthoughtofthemanwhosediscoveryofpsychoanalysisrevolutionizedourattitudestowardsmentalillness,religion,sex,andculture.Thisdocumentarycartoonbookplungesusintotheworldoflate-nineteenth-centuryViennainwhichFreudgrewup.Weexplorehisearlybackgroundinscience,hisworkasatherapist,hisencounterwithcocaine,andhistheoriesontheunconscious,dreams,theOedipusComplex,andsexuality.Wemeethisfamily,hisfriendandenemies,andhispatients--TheRatMan,AnnaO.,LittleHans--andwegetaninsider'sviewasthepsychoanalyticmovementislaunched.ThezanyartandprobingtextdoanextraordinaryjobofsimplifyingFreudwithouttrivializinghim.