Autobiographical Study
by Sigmund Freud
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First published in 1925, and commissioned as part of a series of "autobiographies" by members of the medical profession, this is a narrative of the professional life of Dr. Freud--especially the early years--which serves as one of the many "introductions" to psychoanalysis that Freud wrote throughout his life. After a few pages of biographical material, Freud recounts his early medical training and his study with Charcot; his experiences and eventual disillusionment with hypnosis; his association with Breuer; his theory of the unconscious, his use of the technique of free association, how he "stumbled" onto the Oedipus complex; the publication in 1900 of "The Interpretation of Dreams"; and the "internal development" and "external history" of psychoanalysis up to the time of the writing.
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher W W Norton & Co Inc |
Date 1989 |
Price $1.00 |
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Excerpt
"Although we lived in very limited circumstances, my father insisted that, in my choice of a profession, I should follow my own inclinations.Neither at that time, nor indeed in my later life, did I feel any particular predilection for the career of a physician. I was moved, rather, by a sort of curiosity, which was, however, directed more towards human concerns than towards natural objects; nor had I grasped the importance of observation as one of the best means of gratifying it."
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