The Psychopathology of Everyday Life

by Sigmund Freud

Overview

Sigmund Freud delves into the hidden meanings of everyday mistakes, showing how they reflect psychological conflicts and desires. Using clinical experience and theories of the unconscious mind, he analyzes the forces shaping behavior and relationships. Published in 1901, this work remains a psychology classic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789357022408
Publisher:	Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd
Publication date:	06/05/2023
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Sigmund Freud was born on 6 May 1856 in the Austrian Empire (now Czech Republic) and became one of the most influential thinkers of the early twentieth century. He is considered to be the founder of psychoanalysis and is famously known for his theories about the unconscious mind, the importance of dreams and the sources of psychopathology. He is most renowned for his books The Interpretation of Dreams (1899) and The Ego and the Id (1923). After a long and painful struggle with cancer of the jaw, he passed away in London on 23 September 1939.

Table of Contents

The Psychopathology of Everyday Life - Sigmund Freud Introduction
Translator's Preface
I. Forgetting Proper Names
II. Forgetting Foreign Words
III. Forgetting Names and Sequences of Words
IV. On Childhood Memories and Screen Memories
V. Slips of the Tongue
VI. Slips in Reading and Slips of the Pen
VII. Forgetting Impressions and Intentions
VIII. Inadvertent Actions
IX. Symptomatic and Fortuitous Actions
X. Making Mistakes
XI. Combined Slips
XII. Determinism - Belief in Chance and Superstition - Some Points of View