Reading Freuds Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality by Ph... - 9780367364304

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Reading Freuds Three Essays on the Theory of SexualityFrom Pleasure to the Object\nAuthor(s): Philippe Van Haute, Herman Westerink\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367364304, 978-0367364304\nSynopsis\nSigmund Freuds 1905 Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality is a founding text of psychoanalysis and yet it remains to a large extent an \""unknown\"" text. In this book Freuds 1905 theory of sexuality is reconstructed in its historical context, its systematic outline, and its actual relevance.\n\nThis reconstruction reveals a non-oedipal theory of sexuality defined in terms of autoerotic, non-objectal, physical-pleasurable activities originating from the \""drive\"" and the excitability of erogenous zones. This book, consequently, not only calls for a reconsideration of the development of Freudian thinking and of the status of the Oedipus complex in psychoanalysis but also has a strong potential for supporting contemp.