Penguin Classics: Self-Help & Personal Development

New to Penguin Modern Classics, one of the most influential social scientists of the twentieth century examines the meaning of the asylum, the 'total institution'. Asylums presents four interlinked essays that explore life in the 'total institutions'—the closed systems of prisons, boarding schools, nursing homes and, most importantly, mental institutions. Focusing on the relationship between an inmate and the institution...

A collection of some of Freud's most famous essays, including On the Introduction of Narcissism; Remembering, Repeating and Working Through; Beyond the Pleasure Principle; The Ego and the Id and Inhibition, Symptom and Fear.

One of fifteen new translations of Freud's key writings, under the general editorship of celebrated psychoanalyst Adam Phillips, this project reimagines one of the modern era's greatest writers. These works were written against a background of war and racism. Freud sought the sources of conflict in the deepest memories of humankind, finding clear continuities between our 'primitive' past and 'civilised'...

One of the seminal texts on child development, which continues to influence contemporary ideas on parenting. The Child, the Family, and the Outside World by D. W. Winnicott remains a pivotal work in the field of child psychiatry. In this landmark publication, re-issued on the fiftieth anniversary of Winnicott's death, the author presents his ground-breaking theories of child development and...

One of Freud's central achievements was to demonstrate how unacceptable thoughts and feelings are repressed into the unconscious, from where they continue to exert a decisive influence over our lives. This volume contains a key statement about evidence for the unconscious, and how it works, as well as major essays on all the fundamentals of mental functioning. Freud explores how...

One of the great works of twentieth-century sociology, new to Penguin Modern Classics. Acclaimed on first publication and today considered one of the defining works of sociology, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life is Erving Goffman's extraordinary analysis of the structure of our social interactions. Blurring the line between workaday life and theatrical performance, Goffman argues that our behaviour...

First published in the 1920s, The Prophet is an inspirational, allegorical guide to living. The book is perhaps the most famous work of religious fiction of the Twentieth Century and has sold millions of copies in more than twenty languages. Gibran's protagonist, called simply the Prophet, delivers spiritual yet practical homilies on a wide variety of topics central to daily...

A guidebook to the wilderness of mind and an indispensable resource from the founding father of psychedelia, for the first time in Modern Classics. The Psychedelic Experience, created by the prophetic shaman-professors Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner, and Richard Alpert, is a foundational text that serves as a model and a guide for all subsequent mind-expanding inquiries. In this wholly unique...

This volume brings together Freud's main contributions to the psychology of love. His illuminating discussions of the ways in which sexuality is always psychosexuality—that there is no sexuality without fantasy, conscious or unconscious—have changed the ways we think about erotic life. In these papers, Freud develops his now famous theories about the sexuality of childhood and the transgressive nature of...

When a disturbed young Russian man came to Freud for treatment, the analysis of his childhood neuroses — most notably a dream about wolves outside his bedroom window — eventually revealed a deep-seated trauma. It took over four years to treat him, and The 'Wolfman' and Other Cases became one of Freud's most famous cases. Alongside the case history of...

Freud's epoch-making insights revolutionised our perception of who we are, forming the foundation for psychoanalysis. In Civilization and Its Discontents, he considers the incompatibility of civilization and individual happiness. Focusing on what he perceives to be one of society's greatest dangers, 'civilised' sexual morality, he asks: does repression compromise our chances of happiness? Sigmund Freud was born in 1856 and...

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas, and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. In this inspirational, allegorical guide, Al Mustafa the prophet delivers spiritual yet practical homilies on the work of living—covering beauty, truth, possessions, sorrow, joy, death, and more. Translated into more than fifty languages and among the...

First written down in the eighth century AD, these early Irish stories depict a far older world, part myth, part legend, and part history. Rich with magic and achingly beautiful, they speak of a land of heroic battles, intense love, and warrior ideals, in which the otherworld is explored and men mingle freely with the gods. From the vivid adventures...

Written at a time when furious arguments were raging about the best way to govern America, The Federalist Papers had the practical aim of persuading New Yorkers to accept the newly drafted Constitution in 1787. In this they were successful, but their influence also transcended contemporary debate to win them a lasting place in discussions of American political theory. Acclaimed...

One of 15 volumes in this series, this title is part of a plan to generate non-specialist Freud for a wide readership, extending beyond the institutional and clinical market. An Outline of Psychoanalysis presents material to the reader in an alternative way and contains introductory lectures on psychoanalysis, as well as an outline of psychoanalysis itself.