New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis

This was a fairly basic collection of Freud's lectures. Overall, they are not as great as some of his other more momentous works. The conclusions that he gives are largely dated and most of the material relates directly back to some of his earlier work.

Even though these are not the most impressive lectures he gives, and are dated, they still offer a glimpse into the inner processes of Freud himself. For that reason, they should not be ignored.

Freud's new introductory lectures carry on from, and are supplementary to, his introductory lectures, written 15 years prior to these. Unlike the original lectures, these were never actually delivered as lectures, but they are still written in a lecture style. Because these lectures are supplementary, it is more or less necessary that the reader has read the first volume, or is otherwise acquainted with Freud, as these suppose a familiarity with the earlier material. More diverse and tangential topics are treated in these lectures, including telepathy and femininity, alongside a revision of the more familiar material such as his theory of dreams, and anxiety.
Freud is a consistently interesting writer, and not at all difficult to follow, show more yet there are points where I think he extrapolates towards absolute rules, where only a trend has been observed. Nevertheless, Freud treats psychology with a distinctively scientific approach for the main part, and this is a valuable addition to his original and longer introductory lectures. Perhaps the most important concept that is not present in the earlier series is the distinction between id, ego, and super-ego, which is introduced here. show less

Freud published his "New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis" in 1933, the year in which the Nazis publicly burned his books in Berlin. These lectures (though never intended for delivery) are cast in his lively rhetorical manner of speech and in places they recapitulate his established views (as, for instance, about dreams). But Freud also develops his newer concepts of id, ego, and super-ego as elements in the structure of the mind and explains his more recent conclusions about anxiety and the instincts and about the psychology of women. In addition, he applies his analytical method to such phenomena as telepathy and communism, among a number of subjects of indirect relevance to psychoanalysis.

Tr. James Strachey. Early lectures from Freud that complement his earliest/introductory lectures. Revision of the Theory of Dreams. Dreams and Occultism. The Dissection of the Psychical Personality. Anxiety and Instinctual Life. Femininity. Explanations, Applications and Orientations. The Question of a Weltanschauung.

Indeholder "Forord", "29. Revision af drømmelæren", "30. Drøm og okkultisme", "31. Dissociering af de psykiske personligheder", "32. Angst og driftsliv", "33. Kvindeligheden", "34. Forklaringer - anvendelser - orienteringer", "35. Om en verdensanskuelse". "Index".

Disse 7 forelæsninger blev aldrig holdt for dels havde Freud fået kæbekræft og dels var han ikke længere tilknyttet universitetet med undervisningsforpligtelse. Så han skrev dem direkte til publicering i bogform. De er svært ulæselige på denne afstand i tid og virker som det ene postulat efter det andet.