Sigmund Freud, also known by his birth name Sigismund Schlomo Freud, was an esteemed Austrian neurologist who pioneered the field of psychoanalysis. This clinical discipline involves the examination and resolution of mental ailments thought to arise from internal conflicts of the mind, accomplished through a process of communication and analysis between the patient and the psychoanalyst. Freud's ground-breaking theories on the workings of the human psyche and our capacity for intentional action continue to shape modern psychology. Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics, or Totem and Taboo: Some Points of Agreement between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics, is a 1913 book by Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, in which the author applies his work to the fields of archaeology, anthropology, and the study of religion. It is a collection of four essays inspired by the work of Wilhelm Wundt and Carl Jung and first published in the journal Imago (1912–13): "The Horror of Incest", "Taboo and Emotional Ambivalence", "Animism, Magic and the Omnipotence of Thoughts", and "The Return of Totemism in Childhood".
