Libido: Ideas in Psychoanalysis

by Roger Kennedy

Ideas in Psychoanalysis is a series of essays which explain psychoanalytical concepts, their relevance to everyday life and their ability to illuminate the nature of human society and culture. Our drives and desires, according to Freud, do not merely motivate our actions. It is through them that we invest value in our world, and come to recognise ourselves within it. Freud's infamous centring of sex within psychoanalysis is explained by his idea of the libido; where it comes from, what it does and to where it may lead.

81 pages, ebook

Published January 1, 1997

About the author

Trained as a doctor at UCL and UCH, a psychiatrist at Royal Free, and a child psychiatrist at The Tavistock Centre and Guys Hospital. NHS Consultant for 30 years, in charge of Family Unit Cassel Hospital. Now Private Child Psychiatrist The Child and Family Practice London. Training analyst British Psychoanalytical Society and Past President.