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Freud and Man's Soul : An Important Re-Interpretation of Freudian Theory (Vintage)
Freud and Man's Soul An Important ReInterpretation of Freudian Theory - Vintage Author:Bruno Bettelheim Argues that mistranslation has distorted Freud's work in English and led students to see a system intended to cooperate flexibly with individual needs as a set of rigid rules to be applied by external authority.
Ellen L. (starrynight) - reviewed Freud and Man's Soul : An Important Re-Interpretation of Freudian Theory (Vintage) on
Mistranslations of Freud's writings, using difficult English terms, have obscured the real meaning of basic concepts. Makes Freud's concepts much more accessible.