Freud was fascinated by the mysteries of creativity and the imagination. The groundbreaking works that comprise The Uncanny present some of his most influential explorations of the mind. In these pieces Freud investigates the vivid but seemingly trivial childhood memories that often "screen" deeply uncomfortable desires; the links between literature and daydreaming; and our intensely mixed feelings about things we experience as "uncanny." Also included is Freud's celebrated study of Leonardo Da Vinci-his first exercise in psychobiography.

By a detailed investigation of the universal phenomenon of dreaming, Freud discovered a radical new way of exploring the unconscious and recognized that dreams are a conflict and compromise between conscious and unconscious impulses. Through his insights about dreams, Freud was able to revise his methods of treatment for neurotic patients and develop, largely through this remarkable work, his revolutionary theories of the Oedipus Complex and of the profound importance of infantile life and sexuality for the development of adults.

总序 本书作者 序言 1 精神分析与考古隐喻中的图像 2 梦的艺术 3 魅感以及女孩一与一母亲／他者的子宫界女性气质差异 4 忧郁症和塞尚的肖像：超越镜像的面孔 5 病态与抽象之问的草问弥生 6 没有反抗的流放？特雷莎·车学敬的《听之认之》和类法则 7 分析的片段：香坦·阿克曼的《家乡来信》(或双城母女记) 参考书目 姓名索引 关键词索引

迈克尔·圣·克莱尔对精神分析思想的两个重要分支——客体关系和自体心理学，提供了一个清楚易懂的概要和评述。他探究了在这一领域的8位理论家的思想以及治疗方法：梅兰妮·克莱茵、W.R.D.费尔贝恩、D.W.温尼科特、玛格丽特·S·马勒、伊迪丝·雅各布森、奥托·康伯格、海因兹·科胡特、斯蒂芬·米切尔。 书中对客体关系和自体心理学这两种现代理论的介绍，将促进人们对人类行为的更深入的理解和领悟。全书各章节之间相互连贯，并在不同的理论家之间进行了比较。每一章包括理论的引言、关键问题、理论模型、个案研究，以及对理论的评论和批评。本书对精神分析工作者及社会学者有较大的指导作用，也是心理学和社会学专业的学生、宗教研究者以及其他对精神分析思想感兴趣的人们易于接受和理解的、不可多得的读物。

In 1915 at the University of Vienna 60-year-old Sigmund Freud delivered these lectures on psychoanalysis, pointing to the interplay of unconscious and conscious forces within individual psyches. In reasoned progression he outlined core psychoanalytic concepts, such as repression, free association and libido. Of the various English translations of Freud's major works to appear in his lifetime, only one was authorized by Freud himself: The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud under the general editorship of James Strachey. Freud approved the overall editorial plan, specific renderings of key words and phrases, and the addition of valuable notes, from bibliographical and explanatory. Many of the translations were done by Strachey himself; the rest were prepared under his supervision. The result was to place the Standard Edition in a position of unquestioned supremacy over all other existing versions.Newly designed in a uniform format, each new paperback in the Standard Edition opens with a biographical essay on Freud's life and work —along with a note on the individual volume—by Peter Gay, Sterling Professor of History at Yale.