The Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality

The standard edition of Freud's seminal theory of the psychology of sexuality

These three essays -- "The Sexual Aberrations," "Infantile Sexuality," and "The Transformations of Puberty" -- are among Sigmund Freud's most important works. Here, Freud outlines the core features of libido theory, his grand view of the psychology of sexuality: sexual perversion is a matter of human nature and "normal" sexual behavior only appears later in life, sexual urges begin in infancy, and these urges turn their attention outward as we mature through puberty.

Freud first wrote Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality in 1905 and spent the next two decades making major revisions to the text. This edition offers Freud's complete vision of the sexual self, in the definitive James Strachey translation.

Author: Sigmund Freud
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 02/18/2000
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.37w x 0.42d
ISBN13: 9780465097081
ISBN10: 0465097081
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Human Sexuality (see also Social Science | Human Sexuality)
- Social Science | Gender Studies
- Psychology | Clinical Psychology

About the Author
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was a clinical neurologist living and practicing in Vienna. His ground breaking theories of the id, ego, and super-ego of the mind continue to be studied throughout the world.