The Cambridge Companion to Freud

This volume covers all the central topics of Freud's work, from sexuality to neurosis to morality, art, and culture.

The range of Freud's work, from sexuality and neurosis to morality, art and culture, is covered in contributions that reveal how he provided society with an original means of interpreting neglected or misunderstood experiences.Does Freud still have something to teach us? The premise of this volume is that he most certainly does. Approaching Freud from not only the philosophical but also historical, psychoanalytical, anthropological, and sociological perspectives, the contributors show us how Freud gave us a new and powerful way to think about human thought and action. They consider the context of Freud's thought and the structure of his arguments to reveal how he made sense of ranges of experience generally neglected or misunderstood. All the central topics of Freud's work, from sexuality and neurosis to morality, art, and culture are covered.