Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis is a set of theories and therapeutic techniques related to the study of the unconscious mind, which together form a method of treatment for mental-health disorders. The discipline was established in the early 1890s by Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud and stemmed partly from the clinical work of Josef Breuer and others.

Freud first used the term psychoanalysis (in French) in 1896. Die Traumdeutung (The Interpretation of Dreams), which Freud saw as his "most significant work", appeared in November 1899. Psychoanalysis was later developed in different directions, mostly by student
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Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism
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Brainwashed: A New History of Thought Control
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Civilization and Its Discontents
The Interpretation of Dreams
Beyond the Pleasure Principle
The Seminar of Jacques Lacan: The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis (Seminar of Jacques Lacan)
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis
Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality
Totem and Taboo
How to Read Lacan
The Ego and the Id
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Man and His Symbols
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A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique
The Lacanian Subject: Between Language and Jouissance
Memories, Dreams, Reflections
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My love is something valuable to me which I ought not to throw away without reflection.
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There is nothing inhuman, evil, or irrational which does not give some comfort, provided it is shared by a group.
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