Sigmund Freud: A Contemporary Introduction

1. The concise book is an introduction to Freud's groundbreaking thinking and his investigations into specific aspects of our mental life; 2. Susan Sugarman covers his general theory of the mind, his study of dreams, his treatment of neuroses, and his exploration of phenomena of everyday mental life; 3. Looking at how Freud and his work are often misunderstood and misrepresented, Sugarman sets the record straight, while immersing readers in Freud's thought and giving them a taste of what a critique firmly situated in what he actually claimed would look like.