The Psychology of Love

This original collection brings together by one of the most influential minds of the twentieth century, the most important writings on the psychology of love. Sigmund Freud’s discussions of the ways in which, consciously or unconsciously, sexuality is always psychosexuality (i.e., there is no sexuality without fantasy) have changed social, cultural, and intellectual attitudes toward erotic life. The pieces included here present the development of Freud’s now-famous theories about childhood and the transgressive nature of human desire. The Psychology of Loveincludes: Fragment of an Analysis of Hysteria (Dora)” Three Essays on Sexual Theory” On the Sexual Theories of Children” Contributions to the Psychology of Erotic Life” On Female Sexuality”

Sigmund Freud (1856-û1939) lived in Vienna until Hitler-'s invasion of Austria forced him to seek asylum in London in 1938. The father of psychoanalysis, he exerted a profound influence over the intellectual climate of the twentieth century.
Shaun Whiteside-'s translations for Penguin Classics include Nietzsche-'s The Birth of Tragedy and Musil-'s The Confusions of Young T+¦rless.
Jeri Johnson is a fellow in English at Exeter College, Oxford.