Freud, Dora, and Vienna 1900
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Freud, Dora, and Vienna 1900
By (Author) Hannah S. Decker
Simon & Schuster
The Free Press
21st September 1992
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Biography: philosophy and social sciences
Social groups: religious groups and communities
150.19
Physical Properties
Paperback
320
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 20mm
390g
Description
The psychoanalytic encounter of Sigmund Freud, at mid-life, and "Dora", an emotionally troubled adolescent suffering from hysteria, provides a glimpse into the private lives of upper-middle-class Jews in fin-de-siecle Vienna - their professional concerns, familial relations, sexual undercurrents, and responses to the social forces of anti-semitism and the derogation of women. Decker places the treatment of Dora in a larger social and historical context and pursues the lives of the two protagonists before and after their meeting.
Author Bio
Hannah Decker is a Professor at the University of Houston. She is a scholar of German history and the recipient of the University of Houston Research Excellence Award and Teacher Excellence Award.
