The Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud

The Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud (RSE) is a groundbreaking work that offers a new layer of revisions and translations, clarifies conceptual and lexicographic ambiguities, and includes 56 essays and letters not included in the Standard Edition. It incorporates editorial commentaries addressing controversial technical terms and translation issues, distinguishing Mark Solmss revisions and additions from James Stracheys original translation. The RSE brings together decades of scholarly deliberation concerning the translation of Freudian technical terms while retaining the best of Stracheys original English translation. It will captivate a wide audience, from interested lay readers to practicing clinicians to scientists and scholars in fields related to psychoanalysis.

Format: Multiple-component retail product
Length: 8144 pages
Publication date: 04 June 2024
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Extensive annotations clarify conceptual and lexicographic ambiguities. Editorial commentaries address controversial technical terms and translation issues. Includes 56 essays and letters not included in the Standard Edition. Subtle underlining distinguishes Solmss revisions and additions from Stracheys translation. Dialogue with five decades of research, including recent developments. The long-awaited Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud (RSE) is a significant milestone in the field of psychoanalysis. Based on the canonical Standard Edition (SE) translation from the German by James Strachey, the RSE adds a new layer of revisions and translations, as well as extensive new annotations that clarify conceptual and lexicographic ambiguities. Drawing on established conventions and intellectual traditions, the RSE supplements Freud's writing with substantial editorial commentaries addressing controversial technical terms and translation issues through the lens of modern scholarship. The RSE also includes 56 essays and letters that were not included in the SE. In the RSE text and footnotes, a subtle underlining distinguishes Mark Solms' revisions and additions from the historical translation and commentaries of James Strachey's Standard Edition. Readers can examine what Strachey contributed before the revisions in tandem with Solms' updates, new translations, annotations, and commentaries, collectively bringing Freud's text and Strachey's translation into dialogue with five decades of research, including the most recent developments in the field. Commissioned by the British Psychoanalytical Society and co-published by Rowman & Littlefield, the Revised Standard Edition brings together decades of scholarly deliberation concerning the translation of Freudian technical terms while retaining the best of Strachey's original English translation. This landmark work will captivate a wide audience, from interested lay readers to practicing clinicians to scientists and scholars in fields related to psychoanalysis. Special Features: New Freud material, including 56 notes. Extensive annotations clarify conceptual and lexicographic ambiguities. Editorial commentaries address controversial technical terms and translation issues. Includes 56 essays and letters not included in the Standard Edition. Subtle underlining distinguishes Solms' revisions and additions from Strachey's translation. Dialogue with five decades of research, including recent developments.

Weight: 16542g
Dimension: 396 x 411 x 266 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538175163