What to read from the vast output of Sigmund Freud has long been a puzzle. Freudian thought permeates virtually every aspect of twentieth-century life; to understand Freud is to explore not only his scientific paperson the psycho-sexual theory of human development, his theory of the mind, and the basic techniques of psychoanalysisbut also his vivid writings on art, literature, religion, politics, and culture.The first single-volume work to capture Freud's ideas as scientist, humanist, physician, and philosopher.