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In his foreword to this second edition, the first having been published in 1955, Charles Brenner reports, 'Some minor changes have been made in style and content; errors in the original edition have been corrected'.
The two new chapters at the end of the book provide the only substantive additional material in this edition. The first of these, Psychic Conflict and Normal Mental Functioning, deals with the influence of infantile experience on adult character traits and has psychoanalytic comments on religious feelings and practices, politics, and artistic expression. The final chapter, Psychoanalysis Today, is a broad yet brief survey of current psychoanalytic education and practice, together with some suggestions for future study and investigation.
This textbook continues to fulfil its purpose of 'introducing interested readers to the fundamentals of psychoanalysis'. Its reputation as a lucid, sound exposition is highly deserved.