Jonah Bossewitch	December 12, 1995

PSY 365	Professor Sugarman

An Outline of Psychoanalysis

An Outline of Psychoanlysis is analogous to the 'Best of' album released by many bands in recent years. There are no new ideas in this work, as Freud aims to create a breif primer of his earrlier material. It is strange for Freud to compose such a work, since it is not designed for beginners, and any advanced reader should be able to form his own outline. It is doubtful that Freud was trying to cash in on his previous success, an wrote this book to make a quick buck. More likely, Freud was concerned that his changing ideas may have confused people, and wrote this book to try to clear up any misinterpretations before he died. This practice has been adopted recently by scholars who try to interveiw academics before they die in order to clarify ambiguous positions. In this work Freud tackles both his theoretical and pratical veiws, refreshing us on his conception of the mind, and the workings of psychoanalysis. He gives us a breif overview of topology, the instincts, sexual function, dream interpretation, along with techniques and examples of psychoanalysis. He wraps up with what he calls the 'theoretical yield' covering the realtionship of the individual with the internal and external world. In sum, Freud managed to produce exactly what he set out to - an outline of psychoanalysis.