Freud: Darkness in the Midst of Vision - Paperback

Freud: Darkness in the Midst of Vision - Paperback

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by Louis Breger (Author)

"Freud: Darkness in the Midst of Vision" ist eine neue gro e Biographie einer der wohl umstrittensten und einflu reichsten Persönlichkeiten der jüngeren Geschichte - Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). Er ist der geheimnisvolle Begründer der Psychoanalyse, ein Mann, der einen enormen Einflu auf unser modernes Denken hatte. Überall auf der Welt kennt man sein Gesicht - das weise, grauhaarige Genie mit seiner Zigarre, dem ordentlich gestutzten Bart und dem Ma anzug; der Psychoanalytiker, dessen Blick die Tiefen der menschlichen Seele zu durchdringen scheint. Aber was wir von Freud bislang nicht wu ten, ist da er hart an seinem Image arbeitete. Es ist ein wesentlicher Bestandteil eines persönlichen Mythos, das er über die Jahre gepflegt hat; eine Vision seines Lebens, die teils Wahrheit, teils Phantasie ist.
Dieses flüssig geschriebene Buch analysiert und enträtselt das Geheimnis um Freud und zeigt auf, da alles, was er tat und schrieb von seinem Bedürfnis geprägt war, ein neues, heldenhaftes Selbst zu schaffen und seine Ursprünge zu vernichten. Indem er dieses Ziel erreichte, schuf er sowohl eine persönliche Legende als auch die Geschichte der psychoanalytischen Bewegung.

Front Jacket

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

Back Jacket

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

Author Biography

LOUIS BREGER is Professor of Psychoanalytic Studies, Emeritus, at the California Institute of Technology and founding President of the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis. He has been a practicing psychotherapist/psychoanalyst for over thirty-five years and has published numerous scholarly articles and books dealing with dreams, personality development, literary interpretation, and psychoanalytic theory.

Number of Pages: 480
Dimensions: 1.05 x 9.12 x 6.34 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: September 19, 2001
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