Download or read book Basic Freud written by Michael Kahn and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 2002 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a style accessible to any lay reader or beginning student in psychology, Kahn presents key ideas such as the Oedipus complex, the repetition compulsion, guilt, anxiety, and defense mechanisms, along with recent research that has supported or expanded Freud's findings. Readers aware of Freud's ideas and those discovering them for the first time will benefit from Kahn's fresh, informed, and unpretentious approach.