Table of Contents

Editor’s Preface       Lisa Appignanesi

Foreword       Darian Leader


Lecture One: A Whole Climate of Opinion


Lecture Two: The Historical Foundations of Psychoanalysis


Lecture Three: Dreams and Sexuality


Lecture Four: Psychoanalysis as a Theory of Culture


Lecture Five: Psychoanalysis as a Movement


Lecture Six: The Significance of Psychoanalysis in the Twentieth Century


Endnotes

Further Reading

About the Author

John Forrester was Professor of History and Philosophy of the Sciences at the University of Cambridge.

Lisa Appignanesi is a prize-winning author of many books, including Everyday Madness: On Grief, Anger, Loss and Love.

Reviews

"Clear and compelling, these lectures are at once more than accessible and often startlingly informative. In his characteristically lucid and incisive way, Forrester makes Freud new and intriguing. This book is that rare thing: a collection as much for the curious as for the knowledgeable, and the best book on Freud for many years."
Adam Phillips

“[Psychoanalysis is] our inheritance. It will always be there for us. To understand it, we can do no better than to look to Forrester.”
Chronicle of Higher Education