Freud and Education

<p>The concept of education--its dangers and promises and its illusions and revelations--threads throughout Sigmund Freud's body of work. This introductory volume by psychoanalytic authority Deborah P. Britzman explores key controversies of education through a Freudian approach. It defines how fundamental Freudian concepts such as the psychical apparatus the drives the unconscious the development of morality and transference have changed throughout Freud's <em>oeuvre</em>. An ideal text for courses in education studies human development and curriculum studies <em>Freud and Education</em> concludes with new Freudian-influenced approaches to the old dilemmas of educational research theory and practice.</p>