Saturday, April 28, 2012

Why Freud Was Wrong: Sin, Science, And Psychoanalysis

Why Freud Was Wrong: Sin, Science, And Psychoanalysis Review



In this engrossing new study of Sigmund Freud’s life and work, Richard Webster has set out to provide a clear answer to the controversies that have raged for a century around one of the most influential of all modern thinkers. Tracing Freud’s essentially religious personality to his childhood, Webster shows how the founder of psychoanalysis allowed his messianic dreams to shape the ”science” he created and to lead him ever deeper into a labyrinth of medical error. Meticulously researched and powerfully argued, Why Freud Was Wrong is destined to become a classic work.


Friday, April 27, 2012

Escape of Sigmund Freud

Escape of Sigmund Freud Review



A month after the Nazis took over Austria on March 12, 1938, every business owned by Jews had a Nazi appointed to run it. For eighty-two- year-old Sigmund Freud, the world's leading psychoanalyst, the appointed "commissar" was a thirty-five-year-old chemist, Anton Sauerwald. Goebbels and Himmler wanted all psychoanalysts, especially Freud, humiliated and, later, killed, and Sauerwald was in a position to seal Freud's fate.

The Escape of Sigmund Freud tells of the Nazi raid on Freud's house produced evidence that would have prevented the Freuds from leaving Austria--yet Sauerwald chose to hide this from his superiors. With never-before-seen material, David Cohen reveals the last two years of Freud's life and the fate of Sauerwald, from the arrest of Freud's daughter, Anna, by the Gestapo; the dramatic saga behind the signing of Freud's exit visa and his eventual escape to London via Paris; to how the Freud family would have the chance to save Sauerwald's life as well.


Wednesday, April 25, 2012

The Interpretation of Dreams: The Illustrated Edition

The Interpretation of Dreams: The Illustrated Edition Review



In addition to Freud's groundbreaking text, meticulously edited, this magnificent volume includes an introduction and 16 essays by noted author and Freud scholar Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson. Relevant excerpts from such psychoanalytical writers as Jung, Lacan, and Horney illuminate Freud's theories, and an illustrated detailed biography shines a light on Freud's life and times. Exquisite art from many Modernist and Surrealist artists appear throughout, and Masson's sidebars appear as booklets “hidden” in the full-spread artwork.


Saturday, April 21, 2012

Freud's "On Narcissism: An Introduction" (IPA Contemporary Freud: Turning Points & Critical Issues)

Freud's "On Narcissism: An Introduction" (IPA Contemporary Freud: Turning Points & Critical Issues) Review



"On Narcissism: An Introduction" is a densely packed essay dealing with ideas that are still being debated today – from the role of narcissism in normal and pathological development and the relationship of narcissism to homosexuality, libido, romantic love, and self-esteem to issues of therapeutic intervention.

In this book, the contributors place the work in the context of Freud’s evolving thinking, point out its innovations, review its problematic aspects, and examine how its theoretical concepts have been elaborated more recently by analysts of diverse theoretic persuasions. In addition, they use Freud’s text to chart new developments in psychoanalysis and point toward still unresolved problems. An introduction by Joseph Sandler, Ethel Spector Person, and Peter Fonagy provides a succinct overview of the material.

Contributors: Willy Baranger, David Bell, R. Horacio Etchegoyen, Peter Fonagy, León Grinberg, Béla Grünberger, Heinz Henseler, Otto F. Kernberg, Paul H. Ornstein, Ethel Spector Person, Joseph Sandler, Hanna Segal, Nikolaus Treurniet, Clifford Yorke.


Wednesday, April 18, 2012

In the Freud Archives (New York Review Books Classics)

In the Freud Archives (New York Review Books Classics) Review



Includes an afterword by the author

In the Freud Archives tells the story of an unlikely encounter among three men: K. R. Eissler, the venerable doyen of psychoanalysis; Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, a flamboyant, restless forty-two-year-old Sanskrit scholar turned psychoanalyst turned virulent anti-Freudian; and Peter Swales, a mischievous thirty-five-year-old former assistant to the Rolling Stones and self-taught Freud scholar. At the center of their Oedipal drama are the Sigmund Freud Archives--founded, headed, and jealously guarded by Eissler--whose sealed treasure gleams and beckons to the community of Freud scholarship as if it were the Rhine gold.

Janet Malcolm's fascinating book first appeared some twenty years ago, when it was immediately recognized as a rare and remarkable work of nonfiction. A story of infatuation and disappointment, betrayal and revenge, In the Freud Archives is essentially a comedy. But the powerful presence of Freud himself and the harsh bracing air of his ideas about unconscious life hover over the narrative and give it a tragic dimension.


Friday, April 13, 2012

Lucian Freud: Painting People

Lucian Freud: Painting People Review



This beautifully illustrated book features fifty of Lucian Freud's portraits and figure paintings, offering an excellent introduction to the work of one of the most innovative figurative artists of the 20th century. Arranged chronologically and ranging over seven decades, from the early 1940s to Freud's death in July of 2011, the book features Freud's portraits of subjects including Kitty Garman and Lady Caroline Blackwood, both of whom were married to the artist; his mother, Lucie Freud; friends and colleagues Martin Gayford and David Hockney; and more formal portraits of subjects including Andrew Parker Bowles and Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza.

In his essay, critic Martin Gayford discusses Freud's standing as an artist and his place in art history and offers personal insights into the artist's life and approach to portraiture. Artist and longtime friend David Hockney gives a revealing account of his own experience sitting for a portrait by Freud. An illustrated chronology and previously unpublished documentary photographs place Freud's works within the context of his remarkable biography.

An ideal introduction to Freud's work, Lucian Freud: Painting People offers an excellent survey of an artist considered one of the world's greatest realist painters.


Sunday, April 8, 2012

Das Unheimliche (German Edition)

Das Unheimliche (German Edition) Review



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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

The Future of An Illusion

The Future of An Illusion Review



The Future of An Illusion written by legendary Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud is widely considered to be one of his greatest works of all time. This great work will surely attract a whole new generation of readers who study Sigmund Freud. For many, The Future of An Illusion is required reading for various courses and curriculums. And for others who simply enjoy reading on human psychology, this gem by Sigmund Freud is highly recommended. Published by Classic House Books and beautifully produced, The Future of An Illusion would make an ideal gift and it should be a part of everyone's personal library.