Freud and Man's Soul: An Important Re-Interpretation of Freudian Theory
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Freud and Man's Soul: An Important Re-Interpretation of Freudian Theory
By (Author) Bruno Bettelheim
Random House USA Inc
Vintage Books
15th February 2005
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
150.1952
Physical Properties
Paperback
128
Width 108mm, Height 188mm, Spine 9mm
85g
Description
Has Sigmund Freud been seriously misunderstood The author of The Uses of Enchantment argues that mistranslation has distorted Freud's work in English and led students to see a system intended to cooperate flexibly with individual needs as a set of rigid rules to be applied by external authority. This provocative argument cuts through the myths to reveal a greater, more compassoinate and also far more disturbing figure.
"VITAL...an eloquent attempt to reclaim Freud's reputation in America."THE NEW YORK TIMES
"Lucid and provocative."THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Reviews
"VITAL...an eloquent attempt to reclaim Freud's reputation in America."THE NEW YORK TIMES
"Lucid and provocative."THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Author Bio
Bruno Bettelheim was born in Vienna in 1903. He received his doctorate at the University of Vienna and came to America in 1939, after a year in the concentration camps of Dachau and Buchenwald. He was a Distinguished Professor of Education and Professor of both psychology and psychiatry at the University of Chicago. He died in 1990.
