Lucian Freud is the most celebrated artist in England. Following the publication of his work by Jonathan Cape in the autumn of 2005, the painter talks in a series of conversations rather than formal interviews. He talks about painting itself, the demands of his own work, and the painters he admires.[...]
'At my Devon school, lessons were optional and I did not go to a lot. A friend's father took us to Buckfastleigh racecourse where there were bookmakers and tic-tac men, Tote windows and people asking each other what they knew (at school, people only told you what you did not know). I became hooked'.[...]
Routledge is now re-issuing this prestigious series of 204 volumes originally published between 1910 and 1965. The titles include works by key figures such asC.G. Jung, Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget, Otto Rank, James Hillman, Erich Fromm, Karen Horney and Susan Isaacs. Each volume is available on its o[...]
"The groundbreaking masterwork that launched psychoanalysis." -- "Time." Why do we dream? And what do our dreams signify? The monumental treatise that transformed the Viennese neurologist into a "cause celebre, " this exploration of the dream world features dozens of fascinating case studies and Fre[...]
This abridged edition makes the Freud/Jung correspondence accessible to a general readership at a time of renewed critical and historical reevaluation of the documentary roots of modern psychoanalysis. This edition reproduces William McGuire's definitive introduction, but does not contain the critic[...]
Civilization and Its Discontents, one of Freud's most influential works, focuses on the consequences of the tension between the primitive drives of the individual and the demands of civilization for order and conformity.[...]
Reading the complete works of Sigmund Freud would take more time than most of us have to spare. Freud - the Key Ideas condenses all the information you need about the life and work of the great man into one book. With clear explanations and examples drawn from Freud's own cases you will soon have a [...]
Finding cocaine to be an analgesic and a cure for depression, Freud hailed it as a miracle drug, stressing in particular its apparent lack of side effects. Marvelling, for example, at its ability to 'cure' addictions to morphine, Freud enthusiastically recommended it to all his acquaintances. Eventu[...]
Three distinguished authorities in law, psychiatry, and child development critically evaluate current child placement laws[...]
Fifty years after the death of an esteemed architect, a young woman researches his life and work, experiencing through a series of letters the relationship between the architect and the beloved wife from whom he was separated by his work numerous times throughout their marriage. By the author of Hid[...]