This remarkable series of introductory lectures on psychoanalysis is, in fact, a lucid, elegant and profound overview of classic psychoanalytic theory, in which the main aspects of psychoanalytic psychology are spelt out.

Preface , Introduction , The unconscious , Ego and id , Sexuality and development , More on the id , Stages of development , Love, identification, and superego , Towards the Oedipus Complex , The ego's anxiety and its effects , Prohibitions and permissiveness