Review of Love in Children and Its Aberrations

Abstract

Reviews the book, Love in Children and Its Aberrations by Oskar Pfister (see record 1924-10361-000 ). This volume is translated from the German by Eden and Cedar Paul. It is the stated purpose of its author to make known to the general reader "the assured and fruitful results of the modern study of unconscious mentation, and of the unconscious in mental development." However, he assures the reader that it is no purpose of the book to supply an introduction to the practice of psychoanalysis. He insists that he hopes to lead teachers and parents to a correct understanding of the development of love in children to the end that its desirable needs may be cared for. He further believes that the awakening of love will be the solution for the ills of modern life. In short, we have in this volume an endeavor to apply the method of Freudian psychology to a consideration of one of the most subtle elements of human life. How well the author succeeds depends very much upon the reader's conception of the unconscious and the possibility of making its nature and functions known. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)