Psychoanalysis

Sociologyindex, Sociology Books 2011

What is Psychoanalysis?

Developed by Austrian physician Sigmund Freud and his followers, Psychoanalysis is devoted to the study of human psychological functioning and behavior.

A method of investigation of the mind; a systematized set of theories about human behavior; and
a method of treatment of psychological or emotional illness

Psychoanalysis is heard widely though it has been rejected for a long time.

Psychoanalysis is popular for its therapeutical method. Therapy was shadowed by the virtues of the applied psychoanalysis. Psychoanalysis applied in literature, sociology, anthropology and ethnology, religion and mythology, incited the interest of a public that had no inclination towards the clinical realm.

Psychoanalysis gained popularity through media. Movies also put an emphasis on psychoanalysts. A movie dedicated to Sigmund Freud which presented the incertitude years of his beginnings in psychoanalysis.

Psychoanalysis is no longer clearly defined. Nobody knows for sure what psychoanalysis is.

Definition of Psychoanalysis

1. A method of mind investigation. And especially of the unconscious mind;

2. A therapy of neurosis inspired from the above method;

3. A new stand alone discipline which is based on the knowledge acquired from applying the investigation method and clinical experiences.

Psychoanalysis is a specific mind investigation technique and a therapy inspired from this investigation. Psychoanalysis implies no speculation, it is closer to psychotherapy and farther from philosophy, art or culture in general.

Freud's famous study called Totem and Taboo, in which he launches himself in social and anthropologic analysis relying on the knowledge extracted from applying psychoanalysis to neurosis therapy.

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