Freud: A Life for Our Time
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| Rating | : | 4.65 (557 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393328619 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 864 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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"What say you, Dr. Freud?" according to N. Ravitch. It is hard to say enough favorable things about this biography of Sigmund Freud and his work. Many would no doubt find Jesus of Nazareth the most important Jew in history, but I think perhaps four other Jews were really more important from the modern point of view, now that Christianity is clearly seen increasingly as a delusion and perhaps even a fraud.Spinoza, Marx, Freud and Einstein were the four phenomenal Jews who brought western man to a realization of his true condition. Spinoza of cours. I would have enjoyed the book more if there was less about Freud's Amazon Customer I would have enjoyed the book more if there was less about Freud's theories and more about his personal life.. Excellent Work S. Pactor Disagree with two of the reviewers below: Gay is not unbearly biased in favor of Freud, book is not too much for casual dabblers in the subject.First, one could hardly expect a six hundred page biography of Freud to be authored by someone who hates the man. Important to be realistic about who writes books in the first place.Second, Freud was a prolific writer, and the book doesn't shy away from in depth analysis, so really it's like two three hundred page books. Now, if that's too much Freud for
Norton celebrates the 150th anniversary of Freud’s birth by reissuing Peter Gay’s best-selling biography, featuring a new introduction.
Gay s ability to integrate into a coherent whole the vast published and unpublished literature on Freud including hundreds of previously unknown or inaccessible letters is awesome. In Gay 's hands, the Olympian figure is almost within mortal reach. Elegant puts Freud's life into the context of his time while attempting to explain him for readers who cannot escape his shadow. --Jonathan Sharp" . -- Michael SkubeElegant puts Freud 's life into the context of his time while attempting to explain him for readers who cannot escape his shadow. --Michiko Kakutani"Remarkable briskly traces the story of Freud
. Peter Gay (19232015) was the author of more than twenty-five books, including the National Book Award winner The Enlightenment, the best-selling Weimar Culture, and the widely translated Freud: A Life for Our Time