Compulsion and Doubt (Zwang und Zweifel) - Volume I.

This vintage book contains the first volume of Wilhelm Stekel’s 'Compulsion and Doubt', which covers a range of psychological aberrations, their symptoms, causes, and possible treatments. A fascinating treatise on the subject, this book is written with the accessibility Stekel is famous for, and constitutes a brilliant resource for students and practitioners alike. Contents include: 'The Tragedy of the Physical'; 'The Liquidation of the Incest Complex'; 'The Effect onto Infinity'; 'Compulsion and Impotence'; 'Homosexuality and Patricide'; 'Neurotic Goals', 'Leitmotifs'; 'The Central Idea'; 'The Flight from the Ego', etcetera. Wilhelm Stekel (1868 - 1940) was an Austrian psychologist and physician. He was an early follower of the seminal Sigmund Freud, often described as Freud’s most distinguished pupil and commonly hailed as one of the founding fathers of modern psychoanalytical methodology. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.