On the Couch: Writers Analyze Sigmund Freud

＂Sigmund Freud is known as the father of psychoanalysis and champion of the ＂talking cure＂ who charted the human unconscious. He is also a polarizing figure, with many defenders and detractors. Some of the concepts associated with Freud include free association, transference, Oedipus complex, repression, the unconscious, and a model of psychic structure comprising id, ego, and super-ego. Andrew Blauner envisions this book as a fresh new assessment of Freud’s relevance and resonance. Blauner puts ＂Freud on the couch, analyzing the great analyst, exploring who he was, why he did what he did,＂ and his lasting impact on Western thought, culture, and society, both as a psychiatrist and as a writer. He has contributions from a diverse group of 25 writers with different views and perspectives＂--

Andrew Blauner is a literary agent and the editor of eight previous anthologies, including Now Comes Good Sailing: Writers Reflect on Henry David Thoreau (Princeton), Coach: 25 Writers Reflect on People Who Made a Difference, and The Peanuts Papers: Writers and Cartoonists on Charlie Brown, Snoopy & the Gang, and the Meaning of Life. He is a member of PEN America and he and his work have appeared in the New York Times and on NPR, among other media outlets.