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Jenseits des Lustprinzips Sigmund Freud · 1920 · ★ 3.0 · 81p · ≈ 2h · Challenging p. 64 missing Shares: Psychoanalytic Theory, Psychanalyse, Psychoanalysis, Psychology

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Les quatre concepts fondamentaux de la psychanalyse, 1964 Jacques Lacan · 1973 · ★ 3.0 · 290p · ≈ 9h · Moderate L'hospitalité reçue de l'Ecole normale supérieure, un auditoire très accru indiquaient un changement de front de notre discours. Pendant dix ans, il avait été dosé aux capacités de spécialistes ; sans doute seuls témoins recevables de l'action par excellence que leur propose la psychanalyse, mais, aussi bien, que les conditions de leur recrutement laissent très fermés à l'ordre dialectique qui… Shares: Movements, Psychoanalytic Theory, Psychanalyse, Psychoanalysis

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The crisis of psychoanalysis Erich Fromm · 1932 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Dr. Fromm analyzes the role and promise of psychoanalysis in nine brilliant essays. Shares: Freud, Psychologie sociale, Psychanalyse, Social psychology

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Précis de décomposition Emil Cioran · 1949 · ★ 4.2 · 181p · ≈ 6h · Challenging "Toute idée devrait être neutre ; mais l'homme l'anime, y projette ses flammes et ses démences : le passage de la logique à l'épilepsie est consommée... Ainsi naissent les mythologies, les doctrines, et les farces sanglantes. Point d'intolérance ou de prosélytisme qui ne révèle le fond bestial de l'enthousiasme. Ce qu'il faut détruire dans l'homme, c'est sa propension à croire, son appétit de… Shares: Movements, Psychologie sociale, Social psychology, Civilization

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Psychologische Typen Carl Gustav Jung · 1921 · ★ 4.5 · 653p · ≈ 21h · Challenging Overview: The book is rich in material drawn from literature, aesthetics, religion, and philosophy. The extended chapters that give general descriptions of the types and definitions of Jung's principal psychological concepts are key documents in analytical psychology. Shares: Psychoanalytic Theory, Psychanalyse, Psychoanalysis, Psychology

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Ecrits Jacques Lacan · 1966 · ★ 4.2 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Presents an English translation of Jacques Lacan's most famous work, with translations of all the papers featured in the original French edition. Shares: Psychanalyse, Psychoanalysis, Psychology

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Abriss der Psychoanalyse Sigmund Freud · 1949 · ★ 4.3 · 75p · ≈ 2h · Challenging One of fifteen volumes in the new Freud series commissioned for Penguin by series editor Adam Phillips. Part of a plan to generate a new, non-specialist Freud for a wide readership, which goes way beyond the institutional/clinical market and presents material to the reader in a new way. This volume will contain NEW INTRODUCTORY LECTURES IN PSYCHOANALYSIS and AN OUTLINE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS. Shares: Psychanalyse, Psychoanalysis, Psychology

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The science of living Alfred Adler · 1929 · ★ 3.9 · 264p · ≈ 8h · Challenging The Science of Living (Published in 1930) looks at Individual Psychology as a science. Adler discusses the various elements of Individual Psychology and its application to everyday life. This book includes sections on the inferiority complex, the superiority complex, and other related aspects like love, marriage, sex and sexuality, and the education of children. Concrete, particular, unique… Shares: Psychanalyse, Psychoanalysis, Psychology

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Die Traumdeutung Sigmund Freud · 1899 · ★ 3.8 · 692p · ≈ 23h · Demanding Die Werke von Sigmund Freud sorgsam zusammengetragen und gesammelt in E-Book-Ausgabe. Diese umfangreiche Sammlung der Werke des weltweit bekannten und berühmten österreichischen Neurologen, Tiefenpsychologen, Kulturtheoretikers, Religionskritikers und Begründers der Psychoanalyse enthält u. a.: Das Ich und das Es Über Psychoanalyse Totem und Tabu Die Traumdeutung Massenpsychologie und… Shares: Psychoanalytic Theory, Psychanalyse, Psychoanalysis, Psychology

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Psychoanalytic approaches to myth Daniel Merkur · 2002 · 172p · ≈ 5h · Moderate This book surveys the history of psychoanalytic treatments of myths variously as symptoms of psychopathology, as cultural defense mechanisms, and as metaphoric expressions of ideas that may include therapeutic insights. Shares: Movements, Psychoanalysis, Psychology

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A Primer of Freudian Psychology Calvin S. Hall · 1954 · ★ 3.7 · 130p · ≈ 4h · Moderate The purpose of this primer is to present clearly, briefly, and systematically the psychological theories advanced by Sigmund Freud. Freud's contributions in the areas of abnormal psychology, psychopathology, psychotherapy, and psychiatry have been summarized by a number of writers, but his work as a psychological theorist in the area of general psychology has not been presented in a systematic… Shares: Freud, Psychanalyse, Psychoanalysis, Psychology

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Einführung in das Wesen der Mythologie Carl Gustav Jung · 1949 · ★ 5.0 · 200p · ≈ 6h · Challenging _Essays on a Science of Mythology_ is a cooperative work between C. Kerényi, who has been called “the most psychological of mythologists,” and C. G. Jung, who has been called “the most mythological of psychologists.” Kerényi contributes an essay on the Divine Child and one on the _Kore_ (the Maiden), together with a substantial introduction and conclusion. Jung contributes a psychological… Shares: Psychanalyse, Psychoanalysis

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Homo Ludens Johan Huizinga · 1938 · ★ 4.0 · 232p · ≈ 7h · Challenging A unique philosophical perspective regarding the topic of play and it's impact and necessity in human culture. Shares: Civilisation, Culture, Civilization

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Made to stick Chip Heath · 1998 · ★ 4.0 · 291p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Mark Twain once observed, "A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on." His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas--business people, teachers, politicians, journalists, and others--struggle to make their ideas "stick." Why do some ideas thrive… Shares: Psychologie sociale, Social psychology, Psychology

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The Pursuit of Loneliness Philip Slater · 1970 · ★ 4.0 · 174p · ≈ 5h · Moderate "The mother-son relationship is the focus of this major study of Greek family and Greek mythology. Greek women married early, were excluded from public life, and had little legal protection; yet females figure prominently in Greek mythology and the maternal goddesses are often represented as powerful and aggressive. It is Slater's contention that women in Greek society exerted a strong… Shares: Culture, Social psychology, Civilization

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Drei Abhandlungen zur Sexualtheorie Sigmund Freud · 1905 · ★ 3.6 · 130p · ≈ 4h · Challenging "The traditional story about the historical origins of Freudian psychoanalysis implies that the Oedipus complex was part of Freudian theory from the very beginning. However, in this first edition of Three Essays on Sexuality, first published in 1905 and never before translated into English, we find no reference whatsoever to the Oedipus complex. Is there a Freudian psychoanalysis that is not… Shares: Psychoanalytic Theory, Psychoanalysis, Psychology

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The Tipping Point Malcolm Gladwell · 2000 · ★ 4.0 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell looks at why major changes in our society so often happen suddenly and unexpectedly. Ideas, behavior, messages, and products, he argues, often spread like outbreaks of infectious disease. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a few fare-beaters and graffiti artists fuel a subway crime wave, or a satisfied customer fill the… Shares: Psychologie sociale, Social psychology, Psychology

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The Homeric gods Walter Friedrich Gustav Hermann Otto · 1929 · 310p · ≈ 10h · Challenging In many respects, this book is considered to be the best guide ever written on Homeric religion. The analysis by W. F. Otto, while being very careful in terms of interpretation, denotes an open consonance of the author with the spirit - sometimes brutal and, for our mentality, immoral - of Greek polytheism. A thrilling and amazing journey to Olympus. This is a new edition of the Pantheon Books… Shares: Civilisation, Civilization

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