Sigmund Freud Book

This was a quite helpful introduction to Freud. It provides a quite clear outline of the main psychoanalytic theories and it includes explanations of key psychoanalytic terms.

However, it is perhaps too didactic for my taste and a bit chaotic at times. In addition, there is not enough emphasis on Freud's constant revision of his theories, or at least, the evolution of psychoanalysis is not clear enough. Apart from that, there is an obvious neglect of Freud's theories of traumatic memory, which is precisely the part I was most interested in. I mean, they are mentioned but just in passing. In addition, the writer seems to feel guilty that Freud had no idea about "what a woman wants" and tries to somehow cover up for him.

It is a good introduction for college students, but it is not detailed enough, even though all in all it makes a good introductory summary for anyone who is interested in getting an overview of Freud's most important theories.