The History of the Psychoanalytic Movement and Other Papers

Freud's vivid account of how he founded the science of psychoanalysis is highly personal, frank and dramatic. In these essays he tells of the angry reaction of the world to his sexual theories. He describes his loneliness and self-doubt during the long years he worked by himself, his excitement at discovering such techniques as dream interpretation, his satisfaction in teaching the talented young doctors who were among his first supporters. The History serves as a short, simple and fascinating introduction to the major schools of psychoanalytic thought.