Sigmund Freud is considered the father of psychoanalysis. He developed the main theories and the specific psychoanalytic method for treating neuroses. At the same time, he first applied psychoanalytic
science to the analysis of cultural products.
A Jew living in Vienna, Freud
published his main work, The Interpretation of Dreams, in 1899, dated 1900.
This is the first scientific work dedicated to the dreams, constantly
enriched in successive editions [see also the essay dedicated to this book - click here].
In this impressive work, Freud analyzes his own dreams, presenting the stages of dream work and tries
to explain the structure of the psychic apparatus.
To Freud and psychoanalysis, dreams are the royal road to knowledge of the unconscious. [See also the
section dedicated to psychoanalytic methods - click here ].
The unconscious, repressed/repression, resistances, the Oedipus complex, infantile sexuality are other
important theories developed by Freud and elaborated with the same methodical approach, soon becoming landmarks of culture and education in the profane world.
"My life - wrote Freud - has no importance outside of psychoanalysis". In other words, his scientific activity in the field of psychoanalysis constitutes the most important event of his life.
Of course, we should not forget the psychoanalytic practice, gradually developed by Freud following new experiences with his patients and himself.\
His colaboration with namess like Breuer, Carl Jung, Adler, Jones, Ferenczi, Marie Bonaparte and many others are notorious.
Part of his psychoanalytic work, biography and main
meetings are addressed on this site (see the sections in the left menu).
