There exists, of course, few more famous figures in the field of psychology than Sigmund Freud. As the founding father of psychoanalysis, or the clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst, his impact on the field of psychology cannot be overstated. In 1898 Sigmund Freud published a short essay on the psychology of forgetfulness. It is from this essay that the following work would grow out of....

Civilization and Its Discontents is one of the last of Freud's books, written in the decade before his death and first published in German in 1929. It is, considered his most brilliant work. In it, he states his views on the broad question of man's place in the world. It seeks to answer several questions fundamental to human society and its organization: What influences led to the creation of civilization? Why and how did it come to be? What determines...

Os ensaios reunidos neste livro abordam aspectos particulares e questões específicas da metapsicologia freudiana. Esses aspectos dizem respeito, sobretudo, aos principais problemas com os quais ela se defronta: a natureza do mental; sua relação com os processos cerebrais; a justificativa da hipótese do inconsciente; as questões envolvidas na elaboração de uma teoria da consciência e de suas relações com a mente inconsciente;...