9780471078586
Subtitle: Darkness in the Midst of Vision
Author: Breger, Louis
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Location: New York
Subject: Psychoanalysis
Subject: Social Scientists & Psychologists
Subject: Psychoanalysts
Edition Description: Bibliography.Includes index.
Series Volume: no. 20
Publication Date: September 2001
Cover Type: Paperback
Written in: English
Illustrations: Yes
Number of Pages: 480
Book Size: 9.12x6.34x1.05 in. 1.51 lbs.
"Finally, the Freud biography we have long been waiting for."–Sophie Freud, Freud’s granddaughter and Professor Emeritus of Social Work, Simmons College More Praise for Freud: Darkness in the midst of Vision
"Rich and readable . . .a thoughtfully complex account of a great but flawed man. . . absolutely fascinating."–Judith Viorst, author, Necessary Losses and Imperfect Control
"A foray into the past that matters a great deal."–The New York Times Book Review
"Masterly . . . this landmark work conveys a new sense of one of the great flawed men and movements of the last century."–Library Journal (starred review)
"Groundbreaking . . . Freudian analysis (literally) at its best."–Booklist
"Perceptive . . . Breger’s sane and lucid study must henceforth count among the indispensable books on Freud."–Times Literary Supplement
"Highly readable . . . Breger maintains a judiciously skeptical distance from Freud and Freud’s own self-mythologizing, yet never loses sympathy for the man himself."–J. M. Coetzee, winner of the Booker Prize
Synopsis:
A biography of one of the most controversial, yet most influential figures in recent history, Sigmund Freud, (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis, who had an immense impact on modern thought through his theories.
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Advance Praise for Louis Breger's FREUD
Louis Breger's rich and readable study of Freud offers a thoughtfully complex account of a great but flawed man. Everyone with an interest in psychoanalysis and the psychoanalytic movement will enjoy exploring, grappling with, arguing about, and learning from this absolutely fascinating book.-JUDITH VIORST, AUTHOR,
Necessary Losses and Imperfect Control Written with brilliance and insight, Freud: Darkness in the Midst of Vision takes us on a daring, at times chilling, journey to the early years of psychoanalysis, revealing both the human weaknesses and the professional triumphs of its founder. . . . Cutting away the accretions of fabrication and romance cloaking Sigmund Freud, Breger has reinstated historical honesty to its rightful, high place, but the figure who emerges at the end of this breathlessly honest biography is quite as extraordinary as the legend concocted by Freud and perpetuated by his followers. Fresh, vigorous, and lucid.-PHILIP M. BROMBERG, Ph.D., CLINICAL PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
Louis Breger's fine new biography of Freud is a welcome contribution to the existing literature and a corrective to much of it. It is also one of the best intellectual histories of the origin and development of psychoanalysis I have read in recent years. Breger is to be commended for his original research, the objectivity of his views, and the elegance and grace of his writing.-DEIRDRE BAIR, NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER FOR Samuel Beckett AND AUTHOR OF A FORTHCOMING BIOGRAPHY OF CARL JUNG
Finally, the Freud biography we have long been waiting for. With the history of Europe in the background, we follow withfascination Freud's journey from an impoverished childhood filled with losses to worldly fame, ending in exile in England. We come to understand the impact of Freud's difficult personality on the development of his brilliant as well as questionable theoretical ideas. Breger writes with compassion and fairness toward Freud as well as toward the many interesting personalities who cross his life, with their complicated relationships to the great man.-SOPHIE FREUD, FREUD'S GRANDDAUGHTER AND PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF SOCIAL WORK, SIMMONS COLLEGE
Louis Breger's magnificent book is the definitive work on the personal psychology of Sigmund Freud. it brilliantly illuminates how the darkness in Freud's vision has affected psychoanalytic history. This book will be central for psychoanalytic scholarship for decades to come.-GEORGE E. ATWOOD, Ph.D., PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
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"Louis Breger's magnificent book is the definitive work on the personal psychology of Sigmund Freud. it brilliantly illuminates how the darkness in Freud's vision has affected psychoanalytic history. This book will be central for psychoanalytic scholarship for decades to come."-GEORGE E. ATWOOD, Ph.D., PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
