Selected for translation here are some fifteen papers, which are reproduced in the order of their original appearance. Of these only two, forming Chapters I and III, were written from the point of view of popular exposition, the others are all of a more technical and advanced nature, being addressed to an audience already familiar with psycho-analytical principles. While this fact increases their value for serious students of the subject, there being little enough of such literature in English, it exposes many of the conclusions to ready misconception unless it be constantly borne in mind that a considerable knowledge of previous work is assumed throughout by the original author. Sándor Ferenczi (7 July 1873 – 22 May 1933) was a Hungarian psychoanalyst, a key theorist of the psychoanalytic school and a close associate of Sigmund Freud.
