A dream of undying fame
Subtitle: how Freud betrayed his mentor and invented psychoanalysis
By: Louis Breger.
Publisher: Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 146
ISBN-13: 9780465017355
Subjects: Freud, Sigmund, -- 1856-1939; Breuer, Josef, -- 1842-1925; Freud, Sigmund, -- 1856-1939; Freud, Sigmund, -- 1856-1939; Breuer, Josef, -- 1842-1925; Freud, Sigmund, -- 1856-1939; Psychoanalysts -- Biography; Psychoanalysis -- History; Psychoanalysis -- Biography; Psychoanalysis -- history; History, 19th Century; History, 20th Century
Genres: Biography
Description: A renowned psychologist presents the fascinating story behind "Studies on Hysteria," the groundbreaking book that launched Sigmund Freud's career and which created psychoanalysis.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Exploring the irrational; title: The vision of a heroic self; title: A scientist treats the passions; title: The talking cure : Josef Breuer and "Anna O."; title: Meaning out of chaos; title: Among the afflicted; title: Freud's "only other"; title: Inventing a universal "scientific" law; title: Full circle