Contents:
Editor's Foreword Preface to 2002 Edition Preface and Acknowledgements
1. Introduction 1.1 The unconscious before Freud 1.2 Uses of Freud by social theorists 1.3 Biographical sketch
2. Socialization: Language, Gender, Sexuality 2.1 Sexuality 2.2 Morality 2.3 Oedipus 2.4 Later developments in the study of socialization 2.5 The Family 2.6 Gender and Sexuality: Women 2.7 Gender and Sexuality: The Gay Movement
3. Freud's Social Theory 3.1 The Death Instincts 3.2 The Superego 3.3 Religion and Society 3.4 Group Psychology 3.5 The Future of an Illusion (1927) 3.6 Civilization and its Discontents 3.7 Moses and Monotheism
4. Methods and Methodology 4.1 Psychoanalysis as a 'science' 4.2 Sociology and Psychoanalysis in the United States 4.3 Clinical method and psychoanalytic theory 4.4 Conclusion: Some final reflections
5. Suggestions for Further Reading Index