Sigmund Freud

Description

Sigmund Freud (or "my golden Siggy" as Mama Freud called him) wanted to be "great," "famous"-someone whose statue would stand prominently in parks. And famous he certainly became. But does he qualify as a "Giant of Science"? Kathleen Krull proves Freud deserves a place in her much-lauded series, for essentially creating a brand-new branch of medicine- psychoanalysis-and a whole new vocabulary to go with it. Before Freud, nobody discussed "unconscious" motives, Oedipal complexes, the id and the ego, or Freudian slips. Krull explains Freud and his still-controversial ideas within the context of his time, presenting a fascinating picture of a complicated, often irascible man, as well as the world of 19th-century Vienna where psychoanalysis or "talk therapy" first took root.

Description

Before Freud, nobody discussed "unconscious" motives, Oedipal complexes, the id and the ego, or Freudian slips. Freud was a complicated, often irascible man, who in 19th-century Vienna developed his still-controversial ideas and the new discipline of psychoanalysis.

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Series Statement

• Giants of science

Other Editions

• Sigmund FreudViking2006-01-01
• Sigmund FreudHardcoverViking Juvenile2006-10-19
• Sigmund FreudPenguin Young Readers Group2009-01-01
• Sigmund FreudElectronic resourcePenguin USA, Inc.2009-01-01
• Sigmund Freud - Bilimin DevleriPaperbackMartı Genç2019-10-18