Freud, Politics and Civilisation - an essay

FREUD, POLITICS and CIVILISATION is an essay outlining the context in which Sigmund Freud developed psychoanalysis. The essay counters an imputation that he was apolitical and briefly considers problems introduced by the translation of his writings, some commentators' unfamiliarity with the primary texts and disparities in the quality of debate about his work. It notes the frequent disregard for the political setting in which Freud, a Jew in unfriendly times, managed to keep on writing and working as a psychoanalyst.

The author, Patricia Morris PhD, is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist based in London, England. Her essay FREUD, POLITICS and CIVILISATION provides some historical and political background to the theory underpinning her book LOVE & SEX: FIFTY THERAPY LESSONS, ideas gathered while listening to patients speak about their intimate relationships.