Freud and His Disciples: The Struggle for Supremacy (Psychology S.) - Softcover

Brome, Vincent

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0904573923 ISBN 13: 9780904573923

Publisher: Caliban Books, 1984

Synopsis

By 1910, Freud was established in Vienna and gathered around him such brilliant psychoanalytic colleagues as Jung, Stekel, Ferenczi, Adler, Fliess, and Jones. Vincent Brome gives an account of both the personal and professional relationships of these early pioneers of psychoanalysis, including the conflicts which led to the schisms and breakaways in the movement. Brome's fascinating book is for anyone interested in Freud and his life during the crucial period when he was developing his major theories.

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'simply unprecedented...produced by the rarest of all biographical gifts' - -- The Observer

Synopsis

The story of the Vienna Circle, including all the followers of Freud who later became famous, such as Jung, Adler and Ferenczi, chronicling ten years of their psycho-analytical development as well as their later professional life. Letters between them are printed throughout, and there is much use of amusing anecdotes to illustrate the characters and quarrels of these men. It includes the conflicts which led to the schisms and breakaways in the movement, and may interest those who want to read about Freud and his life during the crucial period when he was developing his major theories.

Edition details

• Publisher: Caliban Books
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0904573923
• ISBN 13: 9780904573923
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 248