Sevgi ve Cinsellik Üzerine

by Sigmund Freud, Akın Kanat (Translator)

Freud's discovery of the preeminent role of sex in creating neuroses resulted in theories that changed the thinking of the world. He was a champion of greater sexual understanding in a society that only whispered the words he used out loud. This pioneering study of the nature of sexuality and love remains a monumental achievement. The importance of sexuality and infantilism in shaping individual destiny sets the general theme for these groundbreaking studies. Elaborating his now-famous frustration theory, Freud dramatically illustrates how a person's sexuality can be stifled to the point of neurosis by a sex-scared society. With utter frankness, he explains various aspects of homosexuality, incest, frigidity, impotence, masochism, sadism, and fetishism. Here is Freud at his most brilliant, raising the curtain on a new era of sexual and social awareness -- Publisher description.

Genres: Psychology, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Psychoanalysis, Sexuality, Love, Classics

221 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1963

About the author

Dr. Sigismund Freud (later changed to Sigmund) was a neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, who created an entirely new approach to the understanding of the human personality. He is regarded as one of the most influential—and controversial—minds of the 20th century.

In 1873, Freud began to study medicine at the University of Vienna. After graduating, he worked at the Vienna General Hospital. He collaborated with Josef Breuer in treating hysteria by the recall of painful experiences under hypnosis. In 1885, Freud went to Paris as a student of the neurologist Jean Charcot. On his return to Vienna the following year, Freud set up in private practice, specialising in nervous and brain disorders. The same year he married Martha Bernays, with whom he had six children.

Freud developed the theory that humans have an unconscious in which sexual and aggressive impulses are in perpetual conflict for supremacy with the defences against them. In 1897, he began an intensive analysis of himself. In 1900, his major work 'The Interpretation of Dreams' was published in which Freud analysed dreams in terms of unconscious desires and experiences.

In 1902, Freud was appointed Professor of Neuropathology at the University of Vienna, a post he held until 1938. Although the medical establishment disagreed with many of his theories, a group of pupils and followers began to gather around Freud. In 1910, the International Psychoanalytic Association was founded with Carl Jung, a close associate of Freud's, as the president. Jung later broke with Freud and developed his own theories.

After World War One, Freud spent less time in clinical observation and concentrated on the application of his theories to history, art, literature and anthropology. In 1923, he published 'The Ego and the Id', which suggested a new structural model of the mind, divided into the 'id, the 'ego' and the 'superego'.

In 1933, the Nazis publicly burnt a number of Freud's books. In 1938, shortly after the Nazis annexed Austria, Freud left Vienna for London with his wife and daughter Anna.

Freud had been diagnosed with cancer of the jaw in 1923, and underwent more than 30 operations. He died of cancer on 23 September 1939.

Reviews

[Sparrow .]

I noticed that I privately referred (in my own thoughts) to Sexuality and the Psychology of Love as "that Shakespeare book." Why Shakespeare? Freud teaches us to notice such errors. Gradually I realized: I confused Shakespeare with Freud because Freud WAS Shakespeare. The author of Hamlet knew very little about human life. Most of his experience was with cloistered theater troupes. Shakespeare's immense sympathy for servants, farmers, murderers, Jews, was a sympathy of the imagination. Freud also lived a sheltered life, in the upper middle-class precincts of Vienna. His intuitions about the mind were gymnastic leaps. None of us has met a Lady Macbeth, yet we know she exists. Similarly, the id is only a hypothesis, but we all feel it throbbing within us. Shakespeare and Freud shared the omniscience of innocence.

This book comes to life when lesbians appear. The best such piece is "The Psychogenesis of A Case of Homosexuality in a Woman" (1920) which, despite its barricaded title, almost immediately becomes literature on the level of de Maupassant:

A beautiful and clever girl of eighteen, belonging to a family of good standing, had aroused displeasure and concern in her parents by the devoted adoration with which she pursued a certain lady "in society" who was about ten years older than herself. The parents asserted that, in spite of her distinguished name, this lady was nothing but a cocotte...

[Phillip · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an interesting collection of various essays, notes, and papers by Freud on the broadly conceived subjects of sexuality and love. Much of the theory in this revolves around fundamental Freudian concepts like the Oedipus complex, castration anxiety, penis envy, and so on. Because the essays are collected up from over 30 years they show a wide range of growth and development in Freud's thought--particularly when read in conjunction with some of Freud's other works that these essays build upon, like Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality.

Of course, these essays were written between roughly 1895 and 1931, which means that they are early psychoanalysis. We therefore need to take these (as with much of Freud's work on sexuality and gender) with a grain of salt. There are any number of assumptions he makes (e.g., the self-evidence of anatomical gender, the inherent negative condition of homosexuality) that have since been challenged, complicated, and problematized by feminists, queer theorists, cultural studies thinkers, and others.

[Lander Demonie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Centrale teksten om Freud en de start van de psychoanalyse beter te begrijpen. Een aanrader voor iedereen die zich wil verdiepen in Freud en psychoanalyse tout court.

Dezelfde spoiler voor Seppes review van Totem en Taboe geldt hier ook: het is allemaal Oedipus!

[Diana]

Книгата разглежда сексуалните отклонения, а не сексуалността като цяло, както заблуждава заглавието. Може и да е класика и особено ценна за специалистите, но за редовия читател е препоръчително да посегне към нея едва след като децата му са почти готови да имат свои деца. Иначе рискува тотално да обърка и себе си, и децата. Според чичко Фройд всичко, каквото един бебок или малко дете прави, от сукането, през акането и отношението към родителите, е все или инфантилен полов живот, или перверзия, или ключ към такава у зрелия човек. А всички типични и нормални за една майка грижи (кърмене, къпане, гушкане и т.н.), се оказат стабилна подготовка към инверсирани (изпедерастени) синове.

[Ann Hall · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you're going to read Freud, this is a great place to start.

[William Black · Rating 3 out of 5]

this freaky mfer

[Carlo Cristofori · Rating 5 out of 5]

Contains his seminal essay "A Special Type of Choice of Object made by Men" (Contributions to the Psychology of Love, I). A masterpiece, showing Freud's great scientific mind at its best, and probably the key to an understanding of romantic love in men.

[Ali · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great meaningful book, absolutely Essential for all...

[Nurin]

good book

[5centreview]

Винаги, винаги, винаги приемай нещата в заобикалящия те свят с голяма доза чувство за хумор, понякога граничещ с абсурда. Няколко неща, които намирам за забавни.

1. Тази книга я има в нас от години. Като дете корицата на книгата ме забавляваше, защото я смятах за абсурдна. Отне ми години да схвана "шегата" и да оценя чувството за хумор на автора на корицата.

2. Тази книга ми е задължително четиво за предстоящата изпитна сесия по "Общуване и развитие в детска възраст", понеже тук Фройд широко описва характеристиките и значението за понататъчното развитие на индивида на ранните етапи, когато детето изследва света чрез сетива и казано малко ми мило: завирайки си всеки докопан предмет в устата и не само.

Ах, обожавам, когато живота ми е една безкрайна шега. А той всеки ден не ме разочарова и е точно това. Книгата ще бъде в списъка за четене през последната седмица на януари.

[Eylül · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bu kitabın üstüne yeni yapılan araştırmaları da okumadan kitabı bitirmenin pek sağlıklı olacağını düşünmüyorum ve söz konusu Freud olunca elbette birkaç yerde afallatıyor.

[Sophia Abid · Rating 5 out of 5]

For people who are into reading Freudian theories and concepts, this may be one of the best books to read.

[Rebecca Nolan · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Brittany Kilcrease · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a good insight on bad psychology

[Andrii · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great, interesting and very useful book. It contains many practical things that needs time to get and understand by yourself.

[Cool Awesome · Rating 1 out of 5]

This guy is retarded, only kikes enjoy reading this. The fact that some actually think this is a credible and interesting book lol. Ofc most of those who rated it a 5 are troons and soyboys

[Erik Graff · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the essays in this collection were assigned for Ann Ulanov's Seminar on Freud and Jung taught at Union Theological Seminary during the first semester of 1975/76. As usual, I read all of them.

[Samira karami · Rating 5 out of 5]

فرویدخوانی یک دوره از زندگی انسان است.اما تمام پیچیدگی های درون انسان در گفتار فروید تمام نمی شه.

[Sabaj Khan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Once i will be done then after i have to write here . Thanks