A clear introduction to Freud's work. My one complaint is that Lear freely editorializes throughout, letting us know whenever he thinks Freud has something wrong. His commentary is thoughtful, but it's not what Freud thought. I guess I have to go straight to the source for that.

This is a really fantastic introduction to freud! I do have some quibbles with the text though, specifically the way that Freud has a very gendered system, but Leer elides this.

تا جایی که متوجه شدم نویسنده‌ی کتاب، جناب جاناتان لیر متاثر از ارسطو هست و این در درک و روایتش از فروید -حداقل در این کتاب- بسیار موثر بوده. علاوه بر این دست کم برای من که قبلا هیچی از فروید نخونده بودم بعضی جاها قابل تشخیص نبود که دیدگاهی که مطرح میشه دیدگاه فروید هست یا نویسنده. با این وجود چشم‌انداز خوبی در طرح مساله و آشنایی ابتدایی با فروید برای من داشت.
ترجمه کتاب هم بسیار دقیق بود و امتیاز چهارم رو برای ترجمه میدم.

This book delivers a brief, concise introduction to Freud. I liked the recommended reading list at the end of each chapter. However, I am very critical of the last chapter when Freud's views of religion is discussed and Lear takes a believer's perspective.

Great intro into Freud's concepts, I really enjoyed how Jonathan tackles the Freudian world.

Lucid and accessible philosophical introduction to Freud that is critical yet sympathetic (my favorite kind of introductions!) Argues, contra Donald Davidson, that the unconscious ought not to be thought of as a "second mind". I am rather new to Freud but I found Lear's argument rather compelling, I do think the mind ought to be thought of holistically that may be divided (preconscious, unconscious, subconscious, conscious...) but it is still "one"... I guess a kind of cognitive monism? I don't know. His chapter on dream analysis was very compelling but I felt he could have articulated condensation and displacement a bit better (I needed outside reading material to better comprehend it - the fault in lack of understanding could be my own!) but either way it fairly radically shifted the way I look at dreams. The concept of transference seems tricky (he even admits it is not very well understood in psychoanalysis itself!) but I thought Lear did a good job articulating this concept at an introductory level (though it was still quite complicated and I'm not sure I quite get the full gist of it!). The pleasure/reality principle stuff is neat and Lear's critique of the death drive was interesting, but I didn't quite understand it to be honest haha. Lear's articulating of the id/ego/superego and its genealogical formation and the Oedipus complex were really good, I was enthralled with it: gave me a lot to think about! I think Freud's theory of morality and religion are quite interesting (and like most of his theories fairly weird) but I do think Lear pretty much demolished it with his critique (Lear admits its the weakest part of Freud's theory and from what I know I tend to agree, though it is still an interesting thing to read about...Freud essentially constructs his own myth to explain mythologies). Overall, very good introduction to Freud and I feel like it is accessible to most people, the chapter on Transference was by far the hardest one to grasp, but this is a perfect introduction for someone with a little bit of experience of reading academic texts (like, say, a freshman undergrad). Maybe not the absolute best "baby's first Freud" book but I can't imagine one being better while also still being as academically rigorous yet compelling.

This book was a nice follow up to the Mishra book, "An End to Suffering." I was in the mood to be more self-reflective, and what better way to do it than to read something about Freud? Lear basically uses Freud's talk therapy sessions as the raw material for his book, at times incorporating Frued's interpretation of what was happening, but at other times showing where Freud went wrong. In whole, Lear seems to be arguing against the idea of our identities being that of distinct, contradictory selves, and moves more to the idea of the identity as an evolving process, the benefits of talk therapy being the quest of being to articulate our inchoate emotions, and make sense of the world.

An anglo/analytic approch to Freud. Some interesting critiques. Five excellent chapters and one ok-ish. For some reason, Lear feels that Freud's critiques of religion are unjustified (um, ok?).

Contains great lists of recommended reading at the end of each chapter. Also, of interest: he describes the goal of psychotherapy as 'free speech'--similar to Lacan.

This is really just an excellent and well-written introduction to Freud's theories.

در بابِ شرح و شفاف‌سازیِ نظریات روانکاوی فروید، جاناتان لیر از هر جهت بی نقص عمل کرده است. بررسی روانکاوی فرویدی یا در واقع تحلیلی فلسفی با نیم نگاهی به فلسفه ارسطویی، موجب شده «فروید-جاناتان لیر» به اثر منحصربه‌فردی تبدیل شود. یکی از مهمترین اقدامات جاناتان لیر، برطرف کردنِ سوء تفاهم ها و سوءِ فهم های نظریات فروید است. اتفاقِ مثبتِ دیگری که به اهمیتِ کتاب افزوده، تحلیلِ فلسفی-روانکاویِ پرونده بیمارانِ فروید است. جاناتان لیر از تحلیلی ابتدایی می آغازد و سپس خواننده را با تحلیل های پیچیده و بسیار مهمِ روبرو می کند. ترجمه بی نقص و دقیق است و پاورقی ها و توضیحاتِ مترجمانِ این کتاب، موجباتِ فهمِ پاره ای از موارد دشوار کتاب را فراهم کرده اند.

پ. ن : «فروید-جاناتان لیر» کتابی به مثابه مبانی آشنایی با روانکاوی فرویدی نیست و لازمه خوانشِ کتاب، آشنایی اجمالی با نظریات روانکاوی فرویدی است.

A very brief but core introduction to idea set of freud, and its place in western philosophy

Great reference point to retrace the developments of thinking about therapy and the human condition. I will be even more thankfull to have read it when going through essays wrote by Freud himself.
It is not directly a biography, rather the book is a philosophers view of what Freud thought: Analysed asking the question why Freud might have believed what he did. In that sense it is a work of intellectual history rather than a work of what is conventionally seen as analytical philosophy where what matters the most is the truth value of Freuds assertions. That is not to say that Lear ignores the more contradictory elements of Freuds thought - In fact he often triples down on them using Freuds concepts to show Freuds errors which is quite fun.