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Greatness and Limitations of Freud's Thought
by Erich Fromm • 1979
Freud revealed the irrational mind. His followers turned a radical theory into conformity training.
3.79
220
Greatness and Limitations of Freud's Thought Summary
Greatness and Limitations of Freud's Thought 90%
Freud revealed the irrational mind. His followers turned a radical theory into conformity training.
by Erich Fromm 1979
3.79
220 ratings
Freud
by Marc Pepiol • 2015
Reason rides in the back seat. Freud's tour of the real drivers: hidden desire, guilt, and dreams.
3.97
250
Freud Summary
Freud 90%
Reason rides in the back seat. Freud's tour of the real drivers: hidden desire, guilt, and dreams.
by Marc Pepiol 2015
3.97
250 ratings
The Ego and the Id
by Sigmund Freud • 1923
The self is not the boss. It's the exhausted middleman between animal hunger and moral punishment.
3.81
13k+
The Ego and the Id Summary
The Ego and the Id 89%
The self is not the boss. It's the exhausted middleman between animal hunger and moral punishment.
by Sigmund Freud 1923
3.81
13k+ ratings
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis
by Sigmund Freud • 1917
Your forgotten names and midnight visions are not mistakes. They are messages from a hidden mind.
3.79
12k+
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis Summary
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis 89%
Your forgotten names and midnight visions are not mistakes. They are messages from a hidden mind.
by Sigmund Freud 1917
3.79
12k+ ratings
The Psychology of Love
by Sigmund Freud • 2006
Your love life is a childhood script, buried in the unconscious and acted out in symptoms.
3.33
869
The Psychology of Love Summary
The Psychology of Love 89%
Your love life is a childhood script, buried in the unconscious and acted out in symptoms.
by Sigmund Freud 2006
3.33
869 ratings
Freud
by Ruth Snowden • 2010
Dreams, desire, and the unconscious: Freud's most enduring and unsettling ideas, made clear.
3.68
590
Freud Summary
Freud 89%
Dreams, desire, and the unconscious: Freud's most enduring and unsettling ideas, made clear.
by Ruth Snowden 2010
3.68
590 ratings
The Seminar of Jacques Lacan
by Jacques Lacan • 1998
The unconscious is not what you feel but what escapes when you speak. Four foundations, redefined.
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2k+
The Seminar of Jacques Lacan Summary
The Seminar of Jacques Lacan 89%
The unconscious is not what you feel but what escapes when you speak. Four foundations, redefined.
by Jacques Lacan 1998
4.11
2k+ ratings
Is It Ever Just Sex?
by Darian Leader • 2023
A psychoanalyst argues sex is not about pleasure: a stage for infantile anxieties, guilt, and power.
3.37
479
Is It Ever Just Sex? Summary
Is It Ever Just Sex? 89%
A psychoanalyst argues sex is not about pleasure: a stage for infantile anxieties, guilt, and power.
by Darian Leader 2023
3.37
479 ratings
Life Lessons From Freud
by Brett Kahr • 2013
Freud's sharpest ideas for daily life: what your dreams, jokes, and childhood still control.
3.50
476
Life Lessons From Freud Summary
Life Lessons From Freud 89%
Freud's sharpest ideas for daily life: what your dreams, jokes, and childhood still control.
by Brett Kahr 2013
3.50
476 ratings
The Interpretation of Dreams
by Sigmund Freud • 1899
Every dream hides a wish the mind cannot admit. Interpreting the disguise reveals the conflict.
3.84
82k+
The Interpretation of Dreams Summary
The Interpretation of Dreams 89%
Every dream hides a wish the mind cannot admit. Interpreting the disguise reveals the conflict.
by Sigmund Freud 1899
3.84
82k+ ratings
The New Black
by Darian Leader • 2008
What if depression is stalled mourning? The dead we cannot release may be the real cause.
4.05
713
The New Black Summary
The New Black 89%
What if depression is stalled mourning? The dead we cannot release may be the real cause.
by Darian Leader 2008
4.05
713 ratings
The Psychology Of Women - A Psychoanalytic Interpretation - Vol I
by Helene Deutsch • 1944
Receptivity, self-absorption, pain: the female psyche's three pillars, from girlhood to birth.
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8
The Psychology Of Women - A Psychoanalytic Interpretation - Vol I Summary
The Psychology Of Women - A Psychoanalytic Interpretation - Vol I 88%
Receptivity, self-absorption, pain: the female psyche's three pillars, from girlhood to birth.
by Helene Deutsch 1944
3.13
8 ratings
The Shadow of the Object
by Christopher Bollas • 1987
The knowledge formed before you had words shapes every adult relationship and mood.
4.51
196
The Shadow of the Object Summary
The Shadow of the Object 88%
The knowledge formed before you had words shapes every adult relationship and mood.
by Christopher Bollas 1987
4.51
196 ratings
On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored
by Phillips • 1993
What you want hides inside what stops you: essays on kissing, worry, and the unexamined.
3.74
825
On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored Summary
On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored 88%
What you want hides inside what stops you: essays on kissing, worry, and the unexamined.
by Phillips 1993
3.74
825 ratings
The Primitive Edge of Experience
by Thomas H. Ogden • 1989
Older than thought, a sensory psychological mode forms the self. Its isolation makes the mind rigid.
4.41
105
The Primitive Edge of Experience Summary
The Primitive Edge of Experience 88%
Older than thought, a sensory psychological mode forms the self. Its isolation makes the mind rigid.
by Thomas H. Ogden 1989
4.41
105 ratings
How to Read Lacan
by Slavoj Žižek • 2006
Canned laughter, borrowed desire, and the hidden logic that links sitcoms to totalitarianism.
3.94
4k+
How to Read Lacan Summary
How to Read Lacan 88%
Canned laughter, borrowed desire, and the hidden logic that links sitcoms to totalitarianism.
by Slavoj Žižek 2006
3.94
4k+ ratings
Listen, Little Man!
by Wilhelm Reich • 1946
Tyranny keeps winning because ordinary people fear real life more than a dictator.
3.96
9k+
Listen, Little Man! Summary
Listen, Little Man! 88%
Tyranny keeps winning because ordinary people fear real life more than a dictator.
by Wilhelm Reich 1946
3.96
9k+ ratings
Psychoanalysis and Religion
by Erich Fromm • 1959
Neurosis is private religion. The battle is submission vs. self-realization, not God vs. science.
4.06
2k+
Psychoanalysis and Religion Summary
Psychoanalysis and Religion 88%
Neurosis is private religion. The battle is submission vs. self-realization, not God vs. science.
by Erich Fromm 1959
4.06
2k+ ratings
Learning from Experience
by Wilfred R. Bion • 1962
Thoughts come first. An apparatus to think them has to be built, and it requires another mind.
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135
Learning from Experience Summary
Learning from Experience 88%
Thoughts come first. An apparatus to think them has to be built, and it requires another mind.
by Wilfred R. Bion 1962
4.19
135 ratings
Psychoanalysis Sleep and Dreams
by André Tridon • 2013
Dreams, even nightmares, are wishes you cannot admit. Decode them and insomnia dissolves.
2.00
2
Psychoanalysis Sleep and Dreams Summary
Psychoanalysis Sleep and Dreams 88%
Dreams, even nightmares, are wishes you cannot admit. Decode them and insomnia dissolves.
by André Tridon 2013
2.00
2 ratings
Écrits
by Jacques Lacan • 1966
The unconscious speaks in metaphors. The self is a reflection. Desire is always secondhand.
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3k+
Écrits Summary
Écrits 88%
The unconscious speaks in metaphors. The self is a reflection. Desire is always secondhand.
by Jacques Lacan 1966
4.03
3k+ ratings
Ghostland
by Colin Dickey • 2016
America's ghost stories are a map of its hidden anxieties, buried crimes, and abandoned dreams.
3.73
11k+
Ghostland Summary
Ghostland 88%
America's ghost stories are a map of its hidden anxieties, buried crimes, and abandoned dreams.
by Colin Dickey 2016
3.73
11k+ ratings
A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis
by Bruce Fink • 1997
The patient's will doesn't drive therapy; the analyst's desire does.
4.37
828
A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis Summary
A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis 88%
The patient's will doesn't drive therapy; the analyst's desire does.
by Bruce Fink 1997
4.37
828 ratings
The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler
by Alfred Adler • 1920
A felt sense of inferiority powers all striving. The healthy path channels it into contribution.
4.06
782
The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler Summary
The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler 88%
A felt sense of inferiority powers all striving. The healthy path channels it into contribution.
by Alfred Adler 1920
4.06
782 ratings
Looking Awry
by Slavoj Žižek • 1991
Lacan's hardest ideas become visible when you watch Hitchcock with the wrong kind of attention.
4.02
2k+
Looking Awry Summary
Looking Awry 88%
Lacan's hardest ideas become visible when you watch Hitchcock with the wrong kind of attention.
by Slavoj Žižek 1991
4.02
2k+ ratings
What Is Madness?
by Darian Leader • 2011
Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.
4.14
531
What Is Madness? Summary
What Is Madness? 88%
Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.
by Darian Leader 2011
4.14
531 ratings
The Forgotten Language
by Erich Fromm • 1976
Between Freud's sex and Jung's archetypes lies a lost symbolic grammar that all dreams share.
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2k+
The Forgotten Language Summary
The Forgotten Language 87%
Between Freud's sex and Jung's archetypes lies a lost symbolic grammar that all dreams share.
by Erich Fromm 1976
3.80
2k+ ratings
Personality Development and Psychopathology
by Norman Cameron • 1985
Symptoms as compromise: how unconscious conflict and childhood shape personality and pathology.
4.40
15
Personality Development and Psychopathology Summary
Personality Development and Psychopathology 87%
Symptoms as compromise: how unconscious conflict and childhood shape personality and pathology.
by Norman Cameron 1985
4.40
15 ratings
Totem and Taboo
by Sigmund Freud • 1913
Every taboo, ritual, and god traces back to one act: brothers killing and eating their father.
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12k+
Totem and Taboo Summary
Totem and Taboo 87%
Every taboo, ritual, and god traces back to one act: brothers killing and eating their father.
by Sigmund Freud 1913
3.85
12k+ ratings
The Matrix of the Mind
by Thomas H. Ogden • 1986
Inner fantasy and outer fact must stay in productive tension. Their collapse is psychic deadness.
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151
The Matrix of the Mind Summary
The Matrix of the Mind 87%
Inner fantasy and outer fact must stay in productive tension. Their collapse is psychic deadness.
by Thomas H. Ogden 1986
4.35
151 ratings
Last to Leave the Room
by Caitlin Starling • 2023
A physicist under a sinking city discovers an impossible door in her basement. It opens.
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3k+
Last to Leave the Room Summary
Last to Leave the Room 87%
A physicist under a sinking city discovers an impossible door in her basement. It opens.
by Caitlin Starling 2023
3.52
3k+ ratings
Mothers of Psychoanalysis
by Janet Sayers • 1991
Psychoanalysis began with Freud's obsession with fathers. Four women rebuilt it around the mother.
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25
Mothers of Psychoanalysis Summary
Mothers of Psychoanalysis 87%
Psychoanalysis began with Freud's obsession with fathers. Four women rebuilt it around the mother.
by Janet Sayers 1991
4.20
25 ratings
Civilization and Its Discontents
by Sigmund Freud • 1930
Civilization shields you from nature but punishes you from within: order's price is guilt.
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45k+
Civilization and Its Discontents Summary
Civilization and Its Discontents 87%
Civilization shields you from nature but punishes you from within: order's price is guilt.
by Sigmund Freud 1930
3.80
45k+ ratings
Sour Candy
by Kealan Patrick Burke • 2015
He never wanted children. A boy gave him sour candy; now the world calls him Dad.
3.59
26k+
Sour Candy Summary
Sour Candy 87%
He never wanted children. A boy gave him sour candy; now the world calls him Dad.
by Kealan Patrick Burke 2015
3.59
26k+ ratings
In Praise of Risk
by Anne Dufourmantelle • 2011
To avoid risk is to refuse life. A philosopher's argument for love, beauty, and freedom.
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613
In Praise of Risk Summary
In Praise of Risk 87%
To avoid risk is to refuse life. A philosopher's argument for love, beauty, and freedom.
by Anne Dufourmantelle 2011
4.12
613 ratings
Sigmund Freud's Mission
by Erich Fromm • 2013
A psychoanalyst maps how Freud's childhood wounds became the blueprint for psychoanalysis itself.
3.74
349
Sigmund Freud's Mission Summary
Sigmund Freud's Mission 87%
A psychoanalyst maps how Freud's childhood wounds became the blueprint for psychoanalysis itself.
by Erich Fromm 2013
3.74
349 ratings
The Assault on Truth
by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson • 1984
The case against Freud: he knew child abuse was real and called it fantasy anyway.
3.99
494
The Assault on Truth Summary
The Assault on Truth 87%
The case against Freud: he knew child abuse was real and called it fantasy anyway.
by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson 1984
3.99
494 ratings
El golem
by Gustav Meyrink • 1915
In Prague's ghetto, an amnesiac gem cutter discovers the Golem haunting the alleys wears his face.
3.82
9k+
El golem Summary
El golem 87%
In Prague's ghetto, an amnesiac gem cutter discovers the Golem haunting the alleys wears his face.
by Gustav Meyrink 1915
3.82
9k+ ratings
The Heart of Man
by Erich Fromm • 1964
Human destructiveness follows three orientations. Their convergence is visible from clinic to state.
4.05
2k+
The Heart of Man Summary
The Heart of Man 87%
Human destructiveness follows three orientations. Their convergence is visible from clinic to state.
by Erich Fromm 1964
4.05
2k+ ratings
Freud and Beyond
by Stephen A. Mitchell • 1995
One founder, many heirs: how psychoanalysis splintered into rival schools after Freud.
4.18
2k+
Freud and Beyond Summary
Freud and Beyond 87%
One founder, many heirs: how psychoanalysis splintered into rival schools after Freud.
by Stephen A. Mitchell 1995
4.18
2k+ ratings
Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales
by Marie-Louise von Franz • 1974
Fairy tales are the psyche's oldest maps. Evil as natural force; the shadow hiding in every hero.
4.31
865
Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales Summary
Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales 87%
Fairy tales are the psyche's oldest maps. Evil as natural force; the shadow hiding in every hero.
by Marie-Louise von Franz 1974
4.31
865 ratings
Missing Out
by Adam Phillips • 2012
Your regrets are not ghosts; they are the hidden architecture of your personality.
3.47
3k+
Missing Out Summary
Missing Out 87%
Your regrets are not ghosts; they are the hidden architecture of your personality.
by Adam Phillips 2012
3.47
3k+ ratings
Gloria
by Bentley Little • 2021
Her mother returns from the dead, unchanged since the 80s, but only Gloria recognizes her.
3.59
523
Gloria Summary
Gloria 87%
Her mother returns from the dead, unchanged since the 80s, but only Gloria recognizes her.
by Bentley Little 2021
3.59
523 ratings
The Mass Psychology of Fascism
by Wilhelm Reich • 1933
Fascism is a character structure, not a party, built inside the sexually repressive family.
4.03
1k+
The Mass Psychology of Fascism Summary
The Mass Psychology of Fascism 87%
Fascism is a character structure, not a party, built inside the sexually repressive family.
by Wilhelm Reich 1933
4.03
1k+ ratings
Escape from Freedom
by Erich Fromm • 1941
Freedom feels so unbearable that millions will submit to a dictator to flee it.
4.28
16k+
Escape from Freedom Summary
Escape from Freedom 87%
Freedom feels so unbearable that millions will submit to a dictator to flee it.
by Erich Fromm 1941
4.28
16k+ ratings
The Interpretation of Fairy Tales
by Marie-Louise von Franz • 1970
Fairy tales are the psyche's purest mirrors; von Franz shows us how to read the glass.
4.16
1k+
The Interpretation of Fairy Tales Summary
The Interpretation of Fairy Tales 87%
Fairy tales are the psyche's purest mirrors; von Franz shows us how to read the glass.
by Marie-Louise von Franz 1970
4.16
1k+ ratings
The Racist Fantasy
by Todd McGowan • 2022
Racism's real source isn't hatred but psychic enjoyment: the obstacle is the point.
4.51
59
The Racist Fantasy Summary
The Racist Fantasy 87%
Racism's real source isn't hatred but psychic enjoyment: the obstacle is the point.
by Todd McGowan 2022
4.51
59 ratings
Slavoj Zizek
by Tony Myers • 2003
Your cynicism isn't rebellion. According to Žižek, it's the purest form of ideology.
3.82
266
Slavoj Zizek Summary
Slavoj Zizek 87%
Your cynicism isn't rebellion. According to Žižek, it's the purest form of ideology.
by Tony Myers 2003
3.82
266 ratings
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams
by Sylvia Plath • 1977
A psychiatric clinic secretary secretly collects patient dreams for a private archive of fear.
3.91
7k+
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams Summary
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams 87%
A psychiatric clinic secretary secretly collects patient dreams for a private archive of fear.
by Sylvia Plath 1977
3.91
7k+ ratings
Rozdělené Self
by R.D. Laing • 1960
Schizophrenia begins as a solution: a last defense against the terror of not feeling real.
4.11
7k+
Rozdělené Self Summary
Rozdělené Self 87%
Schizophrenia begins as a solution: a last defense against the terror of not feeling real.
by R.D. Laing 1960
4.11
7k+ ratings
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