The Language of Psychoanalysis

Sigmund Freud evolved his theories throughout his lifetime. This entailed many revisions and changes which he himself never tried to standardise rigidly into a definitive conceptual system. The need for some sort of a reliable guide which would spell out both the pattern of the evolution of Freud’s thinking, as well as establish its inherent logic, was felt for a long time by both scholars and students of psychoanalysis. Drs Laplanche and Pontalis of the Association Psychanalytique de France succeeded admirably in providing a dictionary of Freud’s concepts which is more than a compilation of mere definitions. After many years of creative and industrious research, they were able to give an authentic account of the evolution of each concept with pertinent supporting texts from Freud’s own writing (in the Standard Edition translation), and thus have endowed us with an instrument for work and research which is characterised by its thoroughness, exactitude and lack of prejudice towards dogma. The Language of Psychoanalysis is an established classic that will long continue to be of invaluable use to both the student and the research-worker in psychoanalysis.Additional ISBNs9780367328139, 9780429907012, 9780429482243The Language of Psychoanalysis 1st Edition is written by Jean Laplanche; Jean-Bertrand Pontalis and published by Routledge. ISBNs for The Language of Psychoanalysis are 9780429921247, 0429921241 and the print ISBNs are 9780946439492, 0946439494. Additional ISBNs include 9780367328139, 9780429907012, 9780429482243.