More than 20 years after its initial publication, Jean Laplanche's "New Foundations for Psychoanalysis" is now available for the first time in German translation. The book is an invitation to independent thinking within and alongside psychoanalysis. A profound expert on Freud's work and co-author of the "Vocabulary of Psychoanalysis," Laplanche critically engages with the origins of psychoanalysis as presented by Freud and his successors. He develops a far-reaching proposal for a re-establishment of psychoanalysis. In his work, Jean Laplanche combines candid criticism of misguided paths with recognition of the essential, indispensable elements of psychoanalysis. The book represents a central moment in the author's oeuvre and paves the way for the "General Theory of Seduction." It allows for an exploration of the emergence of the unconscious, the nature of drives, and also the essence of...