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The Top Books about the History of Psychoanalysis
1. The Freud Files: An Inquiry Into the History of Psychoanalysis 2. Psychoanalysis and Religion 3. Young Man Luther: A Study in Psychoanalysis and History 4. Psychology: The Key Concepts 5. The Discovery of the Unconscious 6. Putting Psychology in Its Place: Critical Historical Perspectives 7.
- The Freud Files: An Inquiry Into the History of Psychoanalysis
- Psychoanalysis and Religion
- Young Man Luther: A Study in Psychoanalysis and History
- Psychology: The Key Concepts
- The Discovery of the Unconscious
- Putting Psychology in Its Place: Critical Historical Perspectives
- The Triumph of the Therapeutic
- Life Against Death: The Psychoanalytical Meaning of History
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