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TRIDON, ANDRÉ. Psychoanalysis: its history, theory and practice. *$2 (3c) Huebsch 130
A popular treatment of psychoanalysis. The author has attempted “to sum up in a concise form the views of the greatest American and foreign analysts which at present are scattered in hundreds of books, pamphlets and magazine articles.” (Preface) The author is not an unqualified Freudian, holding that Jung, Adler and others have contributed much of value to the new science. Among the chapter titles are: The history of psychoanalytic research; The unconscious and the urges; Night dreams and day dreams; Symbols, the language of the dream; The dreams of the human race; The psychology of everyday actions; Feminism and radicalism; The psychology of wit; The artistic temperament; The psychoanalytic treatment; The new ethics. There is a glossary of terms used, and a bibliography, but the book lacks an index.