Hourigan, Daniel. "Review of Matthew Sharpe, et al. UNDERSTANDING PSYCHOANALYSIS." MOR October 7, 2008.

Sharpe, Matthew, and Joanne Faulkner. Understanding Psychoanalysis. Chesham: Acumen, 2008. Understanding Psychoanalysis is a brief introduction to the beginnings and basic operations of psychoanalytic thought. Written by Matthew Sharpe and Joanne Faulkner, the book charts the story of psychoanalysis: from the early case study of 'Anna O.', through the renovations and development of psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud, to the critiques of psychoanalysis and its possible futures. The style is pedagogic, offering key point summaries and revision questions with a clear intent to educate the reader in the psychoanalytic method and history, and its criticisms. Yet the key figure of the entire volume is clearly the progenitor of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, to whom a generous amount of space is allotted early on. The authors of Understanding Psychoanalysis, Sharpe and Faulkner, are two thinkers to have emerged from the healthy ('continental') philosophy scene in Melbourne, Australia. Aside from this volume, their respective publications hover around a diverse range of thinkers including Agamben, Zizek, Nietzsche, Schmidt, and others. And this scope allows Sharpe and Faulkner to consistently provide a variety of reference points for Freud's developments, which is a necessity for a reader seeking out psychoanalysis in our contemporary era of oceanic information. . . . Read the rest here: http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4509.