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Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality

by Sigmund Freud, James Strachey (Translator), Steven Marcus (Contributor)

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It is in this seminal work that Freud first describes his theories on the development, aberrations, and transformations of the sexual instinct from its earliest beginnings in childhood.

Paperback, 192 pages

Published February 18th 2000 by Basic Books (first published 1905)

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Feb 13, 2012 sahar salman rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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يسوغ لنا بصورة تفصيلية تحليله النفسي عن النشاط الجنسي و الغريزة الجنسية
و ما يلي ذلك من لذة و مسببات الشذوذ و الأمراض . و يتحدث من جهة الإنحراف
عن السادية و المازوخية حيث تشتمل على مبدأ الألم لشخص نفسه أو لطرف الآخر
و أيضاً لدى الإستعرائيين الذين يعرضون أنفسهم حتى يعرض الآخرون لهم بدورهم
مع إيجاز تفصيل على أقسام الشذوذ و أنواعها الثلاث و يلقي الضوء على الحياة
الجنسية الطفلية و التغيرات التي تطرأ في سن البلوغ حيث تكون سيرورات النمو
الجسمي و النفسي في هذه المرحلة الإنتقالية غير مترابطة إلى أن تنتهي ب...more -

يسوغ لنا بصورة تفصيلية تحليله النفسي عن النشاط الجنسي و الغريزة الجنسية
و ما يلي ذلك من لذة و مسببات الشذوذ و الأمراض . و يتحدث من جهة الإنحراف
عن السادية و المازوخية حيث تشتمل على مبدأ الألم لشخص نفسه أو لطرف الآخر
و أيضاً لدى الإستعرائيين الذين يعرضون أنفسهم حتى يعرض الآخرون لهم بدورهم
مع إيجاز تفصيل على أقسام الشذوذ و أنواعها الثلاث و يلقي الضوء على الحياة
الجنسية الطفلية و التغيرات التي تطرأ في سن البلوغ حيث تكون سيرورات النمو
الجسمي و النفسي في هذه المرحلة الإنتقالية غير مترابطة إلى أن تنتهي باندفاع
حبي شديد ذو طابع نفسي إلى تعصيب المناطق التناسلية فتتحقق الوحدة المميزة
للحياة الحبيبة السوية . كما يحلل العوامل الخارجية و الداخلية التي تؤدي إلى
اضـطرابات في النمـو و لكنها أخيراً مهما تعددت لا تكون مـتعادلة في القيـمة .
وقد آثر إلى ذكر دور الأهل و المجتمع و الأخلاق في الإنتشار الإنحرافي و خطره
و الفصل بين الميول الذكرية الإيجابية و الميول الأنثوية السلبية المكبوته وهذه نقطة
تحليلة ناجحة ! و من جهتي فإن نظرياته و البحوث التي توصل إليها عن النشاط
الجنسي تقدم أفضل مثال على خطاب يحمل مثل هذه الفكرة . أما عن النشاط
الجنسي للأطفال فأنا في تضاربٍ في الإقتنـاع ببراءة الأطفال أو تزعزعها
والإنتماء إلى الفكرة التحليلية فوفقاً لفرويد عقدة أوديب هي الصفر النفسي
لجميع جنس البشر . إلا أن محاضراته و تأملاته على وجه الخصوص تدعو
. إلي الإهتمام حقاً . عظيم القراءة(less)

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May 21, 2012 Reham Mohssen rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

ليس عندى ذرة شك فى أن سبب تربع فرويد على عرش التحليل النفسى الى الآن هو عبقريته الشديدة، وما يفرّقه عن غيره بالتأكيد هو واقعيته وتجريديته وكونه طبيب بالاساس وعدم اختلاط الأمور عنده وذلك فى اعترافه الصريح أن البيولوجيا قد تطيح بآرائه فى أى وقت إذا إمتلكت أدلة على نطاق أوسع .
ولكن تعاقب السنين وتطور البيولوجى لا يزيد نظريات فرويد إلا توكيدا.

الكتاب جيد جدا أردت إعطائه 5 نجوم ولكن اتساقا منى مع أن التغير صيرورة وأن لا شئ ثابت وربما أطاحت البيولوجى يوما ما بنظريات فرويد سألتزم بالأربع نجمات مضطرة .

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Aug 28, 2012 Timur Aliev rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: freud, psychology

Продолжая знакомиться с трудами отца психоанализа, в мои руки попала и эта книжка. Она прочитана недели за две, пробудив необыкновенный (несвойственный для меня)интерес. Книжка немного удивляет и будоражит мозг. Естественно, у меня найдётся, что о ней рассказать.

Психология ~~любви~~половой жизни, развитие полового влечения, сексуальные отклонения и извращения, невротики и истерики. Да кто ещё может об этом говорить так живо, так увлекательно и так психологично? Только Фрейд. Однозначный плюс книги -...more Продолжая знакомиться с трудами отца психоанализа, в мои руки попала и эта книжка. Она прочитана недели за две, пробудив необыкновенный (несвойственный для меня) интерес. Книжка немного удивляет и будоражит мозг. Естественно, у меня найдётся, что о ней рассказать.

Психология ~~любви~~ половой жизни, развитие полового влечения, сексуальные отклонения и извращения, невротики и истерики. Да кто ещё может об этом говорить так живо, так увлекательно и так психологично? Только Фрейд. Однозначный плюс книги - довольно простой и доступный для понимания простого смертного язык (по сравнению с предыдущими его трудами). Читаешь - и не нужно делать остановки, паузы, перелистывать страничку назад, чтобы понять, о чём это, Зигмунд, ты говоришь вообще. Минус книги в том, что некоторые положения теории либидо (основополагающего положения книжки, от которого строятся дальнейшие рассуждения) нуждаются в более глубоком изучении в будущем, о чём неоднократно сам Фрейд и пишет.

Для меня чтение этой книжки было довольно увлекательным, читалось не без улыбки. Теперь я имею представление об эрогенных зонах, меняющихся с годами, о причинах возникновения сексуального возбуждения и удовлетворения, о комплексах "кастрации" и "зависти к пенису", об инфантильной сексуальности, о неадекватном половом созревании, о значении девственности для древних народов, о нарциссизме.. Такого многообразия затронутых тем в предыдущих прочитанных мною книжках Фрейда не было.

Безусловно, читать "Очерки по психологии сексуальности" для общего развития или знакомства с психоанализом не нужно, лучше возьмите в руки "Введение в психоанализ" как минимум. А для упоротых фанатов-психологов, как я - в самый раз.

“Очерки по психологии сексуальности”, Зигмунд Фрейд / “Drei Abhandlungen zur Sexualtheorie”, Sigmund Freud (less)

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Sep 16, 2010 Jamie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2010, philosophy-theory

How do you rate something like the "Three Essays," which, though by no means enjoyable, signals one of the most significant paradigmatic shifts in thought in the past several centuries--? I gave the book an arbitrary 4 stars. Frankly, I'm no Freud expert; my experience with his work largely comes from feminist readings OF Freud, rather than readings of his text.

Of course these essays are important. From arguing towards a notion of universal perversion to elaborating on the natural sexual precoc...more

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Apr 24, 2013 Pierre rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: psychology

--يضم الكتاب ثلاث رسائل: 1-الانحرافات الجنسية. 2-الجنس عند الأطفال 3-تحولات البلوغ. يشرح فيها فرويد مراحل تطور الحياة الجنسية وأهمية علاقة الطفل بوالديه من الولادة حتى البلوغ، بدأً بالمرحلة الفموية ثم الشرجية ثم القضيبية ثم مرحلة الكمون وأخيراً مرحلة البلوغ.

--الغريزة الجنسية: مركبة من عدد من الغرائز الجزئية تتحد أثناء النمو لتكوّن النشاط الجنسي السوي. أما إذا وجدت بعض العوامل التي تعوق سير النمو الجنسي السوي فإنه من الممكن أن يحدث تفكك لأجزاء الغريزة الجنسية وتنشأ الانحرافات نتيجة لهذا التفكك. و...more --يضم الكتاب ثلاث رسائل: 1-الانحرافات الجنسية. 2-الجنس عند الأطفال 3-تحولات البلوغ. يشرح فيها فرويد مراحل تطور الحياة الجنسية وأهمية علاقة الطفل بوالديه من الولادة حتى البلوغ، بدأً بالمرحلة الفموية ثم الشرجية ثم القضيبية ثم مرحلة الكمون وأخيراً مرحلة البلوغ.

--الغريزة الجنسية: مركبة من عدد من الغرائز الجزئية تتحد أثناء النمو لتكوّن النشاط الجنسي السوي. أما إذا وجدت بعض العوامل التي تعوق سير النمو الجنسي السوي فإنه من الممكن أن يحدث تفكك لأجزاء الغريزة الجنسية وتنشأ الانحرافات نتيجة لهذا التفكك. ومن أهم العوامل التي تساعد على حدوث الانحرافات الجنسية والأمراض العصابية: -الجِبِلّة، -والمؤثرات الخارجية، -وخاصّة التثبيت الشديد لانطباعات الطفولة، -والنضج الجنسي المبكر.
وتكون الغريزة الجنسية قبل البلوغ يغلب عليها الطابع الشبقي الذاتي أما عند البلوغ فهي تجد موضوعاً جنسياً بعد أن تتحد جميع الغرائز الجزئية للحصول على الهدف الجنسي وتخضع المناطق الشبقية لأوّلية المنطقة التناسلية.

--ويعرفنا فرويد على الارتكاس (الميل الجنسي إلى افراد من نفس الجنس) – المناطق الشبقية -الغرائز الجزئية-اللذة التمهيدية وأخطارها-اللذة النهائية-نظرية اللبيدو-عقدة الخصاء -الشبقية الذاتية-الجِبِلّة الجنسية-الموضوع الجنسي (الشخص الذي تصدر منه الجاذبية الجنسية) -الهدف الجنسي (الفعل الذي تتجه إليه الغريزة) -السدود العقلية المقاومة للرغبات الجنسية (الاشمئزاز، الخزي، والأخلاق) -التوتر والتهيج الجنسي، وتداخل كلٍ منها لتكوّن الحياة الجنسية.

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Apr 07, 2012 Ernest Junius rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: straining-read, owned, wacky-fantasia, books-that-took-forever-to-finish

I showed an excerpt of Freud's writing to my friend over lunch earlier this afternoon. The excerpt read like this:

Contact between the child and its carer is, for the child, an endlessly flowing source of sexual stimulation and satisfaction of erogenous zones, particularly since the carer—more generally the mother—bestows upon the child feelings derived from her sexual life, stroking, kissing and rocking the child, and quite clearly taking it as substitute for fully valid sexual object.

My friend...more I showed an excerpt of Freud's writing to my friend over lunch earlier this afternoon. The excerpt read like this:

Contact between the child and its carer is, for the child, an endlessly flowing source of sexual stimulation and satisfaction of erogenous zones, particularly since the carer—more generally the mother—bestows upon the child feelings derived from her sexual life, stroking, kissing and rocking the child, and quite clearly taking it as substitute for fully valid sexual object.

My friend gasped and immediately shook her head in denial, 'No, no, no, no...' Well, read more and you will soon realise that everything that you've believed in, since you were a wee kid, is not what you think it is anymore. Every time you look at mothers breastfeeding her baby you will think of everything but motherly or pure love. Suddenly you're not that naive and innocent person you know anymore. That's why I believe reading Freud when you are younger than 21 will cause distress and great hazard for your mental and physical health (yes, worse than cigarettes). Therefore if I were the president of the country, I'd place Freud works in a special, locked cabinet and label it something like READING FREUD SERIOUSLY HARMS YOU AND OTHERS AROUND YOU. To buy one one would need to show his I.D. at his own peril.

Ask my friends, whom I called at 2 in the morning on daily basis, how neurotic I was in the month of March. I couldn't stop thinking about stuff like, Where do children come from? What differentiate a male and a female? Is there such thing called pure love? Is all love sexual? Well, fuck you Freud, you think too much; give it a rest. But then he would say something like this, Above all, the small child is without shame, and at certain periods in its early years shows an unambiguous pleasure in revealing its body, particularly emphasizing the sexual parts. The complement to this tendency, the curiosity to see other people's genitals, probably only becomes apparent rather later in childhood, when the obstacle of the feeling of shame has already become fairly well developed. That's it, I'm not sleeping.

People think Freud only thinks about sex. In my opinion, yes, he does. But that doesn't mean it's wrong. To think of it, many of his writings are true in nature. Even I feel it. But it's so upsetting that he has to mix things up, like parental love and sexual love. I mean, there are reasons not to mix them up for God's sake! One of them would be moral issues. But this guy just comes in full-steam, blasts the separator wall, and there you go: everything is sexual in nature. We are just sex slaves, sex animals. Once you learn it, it would be very hard to unlearn it (this is a word of warning), and I imagine many people would upset themselves to read things that would keep them awake at night, and think less of society. WHY? What for? WHAT FOR? THAT MAKES THE BOOK! OK I'll stop complaining now.

Save yourself, don't read this. But if I say that, you'd want to read it. So, yeah, go ahead and read it. It's knowledge anyway; very tempting, just like the Apple of Eden, that once you've had it, usually you'd be in the point of no return—you'd fall. But look at the bright side—at least you know the truth. It's unsettling and disturbing, but that's what usually the truth is.

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Dec 19, 2011 T.J. Beitelman rated it 4 of 5 stars

“Freud believed that the human being is an animal in conflict.”

– Martin Bergmann, NYU psychology professor.

Okay, let’s agree that Freud had some significant blindspots and/or foibles. He was bad to make sweeping generalizations based on a sample of one — that is, himself. Namely he kinda-sorta had a crush on his mom — who, admittedly, was a bit of a looker in her day. Therefore, according to Freud, the Oedipus Complex is the psychological ground zero for all humans everywhere. He also admitted t...more “Freud believed that the human being is an animal in conflict.”

– Martin Bergmann, NYU psychology professor.

Okay, let’s agree that Freud had some significant blindspots and/or foibles. He was bad to make sweeping generalizations based on a sample of one — that is, himself. Namely he kinda-sorta had a crush on his mom — who, admittedly, was a bit of a looker in her day. Therefore, according to Freud, the Oedipus Complex is the psychological ground zero for all humans everywhere. He also admitted that he was basically clueless about women, even though he spent most of his time analyzing them and thinking about what made them tick. (When he wasn’t thinking about what made himself tick, that is.) To say nothing of all that coke he snorted…

But he was right about a lot of the big-picture stuff, wasn’t he? The body and mind are often at odds, no? We have to contend with very powerful social and personal taboos and/or restrictions regarding gender and our basic drives (food, sex, waste disposal, and so on), don’t we? No one believes that dreams are meaningless, that the entire human experience exists on a purely conscious plane, do they? While he may be considered obsolete in contemporary psychological circles, that’s largely because — a little bit like Shakespeare — his core contributions are now intrinsic to how we understand the process of being human. In some very important ways, it’s hard for us to even conceive of a pre-Freudian worldview. We just take a lot of this stuff for granted.

In short, the truth Freud brought into the light of our collective consciousness is this: we all have to learn how to be human — which is to say how to be “civilized.” One of the primary ways we do it is by reining in our bodies, our desires, our drives. And this bewildering process begins as soon as we’re conscious, maybe even before that. In the end, there are things we gain from reining ourselves in — superhighways; Picassos; the respective Departments of Justice, Education, Commerce, et al; also guilt, shame, and a ruthless propensity to fret. There are things we lose — a certain measure of our primal fear (i.e., will something eat me today?) and any hope of a clear conscience.

The point is, it’s a choice, this being human thing, and we make it because, all things being equal, we think it’s mostly a net gain.(less)

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Feb 15, 2009 Justin rated it 5 of 5 stars

I suppose having an idea of how to think about Freud's work is necessary to begin to answer what one can/does/should think about it. And truth be told, I'm not sure how to think about Freud. I will say, though, that reading Freud is a lot more interesting than reading about Freud. Best to go right to the source, no? Regardless, there is A LOT in here that is as important as the moment Freud's pen touched the page. For one, and you won't read this in any reviews or general talk about this book, i...more I suppose having an idea of how to think about Freud's work is necessary to begin to answer what one can/does/should think about it. And truth be told, I'm not sure how to think about Freud. I will say, though, that reading Freud is a lot more interesting than reading about Freud. Best to go right to the source, no? Regardless, there is A LOT in here that is as important as the moment Freud's pen touched the page. For one, and you won't read this in any reviews or general talk about this book, it's surprising that the public at large has only recently begun to accept (male) homosexuality as a genuine manifestation of sexuality rather than a perversion when Freud condoned that very notion when this was published in 1905. (Freud notes that we are all born sexually "polymorphous") Freud, however, did not invoke the reductionist biological theory often heard today, but instead poses an interesting little theory about identification with a strong female early in one's life (If anything, Freud might concede that one is biologically predisposed to identify with such a strong female, but the presence of said person is obviously completely up to circumstance).

I haven't read the feminist literature on Freud, though I'd be interested in doing so. As I understand it, there's quite a lot. And that's entirely believable. Freud theorizes about female sexuality, but the fact that he bases it on male sexuality makes it dubious from the start. At any rate, this book is worth reading and maybe even reading again (it's only like 160 pages).

The fact that Freud basically theorizes that the first few years of a person's life will dictate how that person forms relationships with others (esp. amorous relationships) should be enough to put every potential and actual parent on full alert. That being said, overweening parents are annoying, and to back it up, Freud attributes some of the trauma that can occur in infancy and early childhood, which can affect a child in either beneficial or adverse ways, to accidents that may or may not be preventable. In fact, Freud notes that the doting parent is to blame for the neurotic-obsessive male and hysteric female (Freud's terms, not mine) in that if a child is showered with affection as soon as he/she demands it, that child will come to expect the same from a lover or even friends as one grows older.

Why does the male of such parents grow up to be "neurotic obsessive" and the female "hysteric"? As I understand it, it is ostensibly because the male is to an extent comfortable with his sexuality and thus becomes obsessive with regards to his desire and its object. Whereas the female is not comfortable with her desire, and the desire thus manifests itself as a strong aversion and the physical affects of hysteria. Clearly a feminist critique can (and has been) applied here. So, do Freud's theories hold up under the nearly 100 years of criticism and revision (some friendly, some not)? I have no idea. But, reading the original is the best way to even begin to form an opinion of how and what one should think about Freud.(less)

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Jul 28, 2011 Phil rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: theory-non-fiction

This book is not really much use to someone wanting to find out about modern psychology's take on sexuality, but it does have the bases for some continuing insights. Also, if one is interested in the medicalization of sexuality as a discourse (as Foucault outlines in The History of Sexuality, Vlume 1) this is the best example of that discourse.

The book can be hard for modern readers to handle, and one has to contuinously remind oneself that it was written in 1905. The pathologizing of homosexual...more

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Oct 12, 2010 Ashley rated it 3 of 5 stars

I found the first essay fascinating and wholly interesting. But as the essays went one, especially with the obviously uncomfortable ideas he has about infants, I found myself wishing he at least quoted his research more. I know that I could find his work in other publications, but if I were to just read this one piece, I find myself doubting his conclusions - after all, some things that he says brings "sexual" pleasure I feel could be argued as just pleasure. I wondered how he was able to define...more

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Jul 04, 2012 Ezisbest rated it 4 of 5 stars

I’d never read any Freud before, and after Thomas Mann I was relieved to find it so accessible.
I was keen to read these essays and understand how he dealt with the various aspects and manifestations of human sexuality.
The essays deal with sexual development, preference, activity and the idea that sexuality is often – in Freud’s view – the basis for most human neuroses.
He explores different forms of what he calls ‘perversion’ and whether that is in fact the correct term. And he looks at the or...more

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Nov 19, 2012 Valerie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: essai, psychologie

Les trois essais sur la théorie sexuelle, est un livre puissant et passionnant, encore aujourd'hui le naturel avec lequel Freud dissèque la sexualité et l'intimité est osé et fort, j'ai été étonner d'y trouver une vision très ouverte. ce livre est passionnant, il peut être un peu plus ardu que d'autres essais de Freud car il n'y présente pas de cas clinique mais rassemble dans ce livre assez petit toute ses théories sur la sexualité. Il faut ajouter que si Les Trois essais ont été écrit en 1905...more

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Mar 19, 2011 Kathy rated it 3 of 5 stars

This book was much better than I expected. The KEY to this book is to understand Freud's use of the words he chooses. In the 21st century, we live in a hyper-sexual world; words have double meanings and are heavy on innuendo. For example, when we use the word "libido," it is heavy with meaning and judgement. When Freud uses this word it is merely to convey "sexual drive." If you understand his words have a very clinical meaning, then you can appreciate Freud's ideas, and stop seeing them through...more

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Dec 15, 2008 Aaron rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: social-science, psychology

In these stories Freud explores the case of "little Hans" and his textbook illustration of the principles of psychoanalysis. Or perhaps I should say the psychoanalytic interpretation of the evidence presented and provided by Hans' family (in which the father was an early and staunch supported of Freud's ideas).

I had to read this for my class in psychoanalysis, so I read this along with several other sources explaining and making this case for psychoanalysis as a whole. I won't blindly disparage...more

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Jan 29, 2008 Jana rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: psychology, theory, gender

To Freud's credit he was talking about homosexuality / inversion and children's sexuality when others were not. He destabilizes the myth of childhood innocence with his theories on infantile sexuality. But in essay III, he seems to rely more on Victorian convention (and why not, it was the time) when talking about teachers / caregivers and naughty children, civil society and "dirty" women, and husbands and wives. But I wonder if Freud might rely more on convention at this point for his explanati...more

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Jun 01, 2009 Juliana rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-for-school, nonfiction

This book is not a piece of light reading you want to pick up on your way to the beach and Freud is not my favorite - his views on women leave much to be desired. However having said that, these three essays are interesting and provide us with a certain interpretation of sex and sexuality that, though Euro-centric and Western-based, are an important contribution to the discussion, no matter how outdated or localized some of the expressed opinions may be.

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Sep 20, 2012 Nicole Rea rated it 3 of 5 stars

"Moreover, the kiss, one particular contact of this kind, between the mucous membrane of the lips of the two people concerned, is held in high sexual esteem among many nations (including the most highly civilized ones), in spite of the fact that the parts of the body involved do not form part of the sexual apparatus but constitute the entrance to the digestive tract."

Freakin' Freud, man.

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Oct 23, 2012 Ahmed Azimov rated it 5 of 5 stars

اتجاه فرويدي ربما يعتبره الكثير متطرفا في تفسير الاحلام مدللاً على نشاط لاشعوري منتظم يتجلّى في صورة أحلام ، حيث وسع مفهوم الجنسيه في التحليل النفسي واضعا الحب الجنسي بجوار حب الذات وحب الوالدين والاولاد والاصدقاء والتعلق الحميم بالافكار المجرده ، وهو يعتبر الجنسيه غريزة الحياة المناقضة لغريزة الموت

ايضا العلاقه بين الأنا الشعوري واللاشعور الغلاب ، وبين غطرسة البشر والحيوان

دائما مايختتم المريض النفسي رواية حلمه لطبيبه قائلا " لعلك تتساءل من تكون هذه السيده التي ظهرت لي في الحلم الذي رويته لك ،...more

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Jan 05, 2013 Ellee rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: less-than-200pgs, non-fiction-megalist

Again, I find some ideas that were probably ahead of his time (just a handful), others that just demonstrate the scientific state of the study of human & child development - both physically and psychologically - of Freud's time that make me wonder how his theories would change if he were writing today, and then there's others that I suspect stem from the culture of the time/place he's writing in that make me roll my eyes. Reading with the cultural bias of my physical and cultural background,...more

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Jul 04, 2012 Joseph rated it 4 of 5 stars

People are douchenozzles. You can't be socially normal and actually respect or even like Freud. Basically, the guy came up with all of this stuff based on speculation was really one of the first people to tackle psychology. (Just be sure to disregard anything that has to do with women, the guy had no idea what he was talking about)

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Apr 03, 2011 Simard rated it 4 of 5 stars

Those who don't read this book before they get married, should read it afterwards, though it might be too late...
A full explanation to sex in brain entities. far from pornography and dirty description, Frued helps his reader understand what he is doing, and avoid doing mistakes.
Good luck married couples...
Make Love safely :)

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Mar 15, 2013 Paola Bersi rated it 5 of 5 stars

Brilliant.

I don't how he does but he can explain the hardest subjects in a simple way, for simple mind like mines. Once read you'll start to analyise the people around you and recognise the patterns and theories he exposes.
Definitely a must-read!

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Nov 11, 2011 Kaspar rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: nonfiction

At first glance Freud seems to be essential when trying to read any post-Freud literature on sexuality and/or psychoanalysis for he is quoted all over. Of course - I wouldn't mind knowing enough German to read his writings as they were originally published. You know how it is with translations...

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Nov 26, 2012 عائشة عبد الله added it · review of another edition

Shelves: pdf, 2012

قرأت هذا الكتاب لأستطيع أن أفهم كتاب سيكولوجيا العلاقات الجنسية
لم أفهم الكثير في الحقيقة ولكن لابد منه ، سأعود إلى بعض الأجزاء قريبا

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Jul 20, 2011 B.H.T بدور التويجري rated it 2 of 5 stars

من الحجم الصغير..المليئ بمعلومات هائله،اعتقد ان قراءه واحده له غير كافيه لاستيعابه،لي عوده له بعد حين.

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May 18, 2012 Ben rated it 3 of 5 stars

The writings in this collection of essays was interesting, but I did not find anything new that I had not read in other works of Freud or discussions of Freudian theory.

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Sep 16, 2011 Michael Gossett rated it 4 of 5 stars

Three cheers for three essays. I remember this being part of the booklist for the course that singlehandedly made me turn the corner intellectually my third semester in undergrad.

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Nov 10, 2012 Leo Zukimi rated it 3 of 5 stars

it's a great book for those who knows the psycho conditions so well
what i understand is rarely over 30% of it
but am really excited with my 30% knowledge
am sure that am gonna read it again one day ...

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Jan 21, 2013 Laura rated it 3 of 5 stars

Pretty standard Freud, and you know I love my Freud. I already knew most of this from other classes, though. There were some good nuggets in there, though.

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May 18, 2012 Ke Huang rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: undergrad-reading

To me, the essays felt speculative, sensational and outdated. However, I understand that they were revolutionary for their time.

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