Reading Freud Psychoanalysis as Cultural Theory

Presents an introductory guide to Freud and brings together: an overview of Freud's work which enables the reader to see quickly where, and in which texts, Freud develops his main ideas; and a guide to reading Freud, and to what can be done with the complexities of his texts.

Introduction Borders PART ONE: UNCONSCIOUS The slip Early writings I: Unconscious and conscious II: Ego, id and superego III: The inhuman PART TWO: SEXUALITY Forgetting I: Drive II: Development Sexual difference PART THREE: SOCIAL Siren Foreign territory I: Fantasies of the social II: The social super-ego III: The opening of history