Freud reappraised: a fresh look at psychoanalytic theory

Abstract

Part I. Introductory Material. A Personal Introduction. The Manifest and Latent Meanings of Metapsychology. Freud's Cognitive Style. Part II. Psychic Energy: The Economic Point Of View. A Critical Examination of Freud's Concept of Bound versus Free Cathexis. A Review of Some of Freud's Biological Assumptions and their Influence on his Theories. Beyond Vitalism and Mechanism: Freud's Concept of Psychic Energy. Part III. Instinct Theory: The Dynamic Point Of View. Drive or Wish?: A Reconsideration of the Psychoanalytic Theory of Motivation. Part IV. Ego Psychology And The Theory Of Thinking: The Structural Point Of View. The Past and Future of Ego Psychology. Ego Autonomy and the Problem of Human Freedom. The Development of the Primary Process: A Structural View. The Present Status of Freud's Theory of the Primary Process. Part V. Critical Reflections On Psychoanalytic Theory As A Whole. The Death and Transfiguration of Metapsychology. The Current State of Psychoanalytic Theory. Part VI. Toward The Future Freud and the Emergence of a New World Hypothesis.