Spiegelbeeld der Wetenschap. Het Genootschap ter Bevordering van Natuur-, Genees- en Heelkunde 1790–1990

The remaining essays were all newly commissioned. Gerald Izenberg provides a balanced and readable account of the abandonment of the seduction theory (taking into consideration the newest discussions on this topic). Clark Glymour's piece reflects on Freud's relationship to nineteenth-century philosophy (including Franz Brentano) and neurology in terms of Freud's understanding of the mechanism of the nervous system. James Hopkins provides a solid, well balanced introduction to the Interpretation ofDreams. Sebastian Gardner limits his discussion of Freud's understanding of the unconscious within the specific discourse of psychoanalysis. Here some attention to the older discussion of the pre-history of the unconscious would have been in order. Bennett Simon and Rachel B. Blass introduce the Oedipus complex with all of the contemporary critiques, a theme echoed with sensitivity and depth in Nancy Chodorow's chapter on Freud's understanding of women. Jennifer Church raises the question of ethics and the problem of radical relativism often lobbed at Freud. The final two chapter, by Robert Paul and John Deigh, supply a balanced introduction to Freud's reading of culture. As can be seen from this litany of material, this is a volume which can (and I suspect is) being used to provide the deep background for readings of Freud. With Freud now firmly among the philosophers, one hopes that further volumes in this series might address other such figures. A volume on Klein or Winnicott would seem appropriate. Here, too, a readership is present and a corpus which is complex enough to provide a focus for interested minds. Jerome Neu and Cambridge University Press are to be complimented. They have given the reader a useful, well written (and well edited) volume which provides a relatively inexpensive supplement for student and teacher alike.