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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.
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ISBN-13: 9780394710365
ISBN-10: 0394710363
Publication Date: 12/12/1983
Pages: 128
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Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
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Mistranslations of Freud's writings, using difficult English terms, have obscured the real meaning of basic concepts. Makes Freud's concepts much more accessible.


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