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Advance Praise for Louis Breger's FREUD
"Louis Breger's rich and readable study of Freud offers athoughtfully complex account of a great but flawed man. Everyonewith an interest in psychoanalysis and the psychoanalytic movementwill enjoy exploring, grappling with, arguing about, and learningfrom this absolutely fascinating book."-JUDITH VIORST,AUTHOR,
Necessary Losses and Imperfect Control "Written with brilliance andinsight, Freud: Darkness in the Midst of Vision takes us on adaring, at times chilling, journey to the early years ofpsychoanalysis, revealing both the human weaknesses and theprofessional triumphs of its founder. . . . Cutting away theaccretions of fabrication and romance cloaking Sigmund Freud,Breger has reinstated historical honesty to its rightful, highplace, but the figure who emerges at the end of this breathlesslyhonest biography is quite as extraordinary as the legend concoctedby Freud and perpetuated by his followers. Fresh, vigorous, andlucid."-PHILIP M. BROMBERG, Ph.D., CLINICAL PROFESSOR OFPSYCHOLOGY, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
"Louis Breger's fine new biography of Freud is a welcomecontribution to the existing literature and a corrective to much ofit. It is also one of the best intellectual histories of the originand development of psychoanalysis I have read in recent years.Breger is to be commended for his original research, theobjectivity of his views, and the elegance and grace of hiswriting."-DEIRDRE BAIR, NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER FOR SamuelBeckett AND AUTHOR OF A FORTHCOMING BIOGRAPHY OF CARL JUNG
"Finally, the Freud biography we have long been waiting for. Withthe history of Europe in the background, we follow with fascinationFreud's journey from an impoverished childhood filled with lossesto worldly fame, ending in exile in England. We come to understandthe impact of Freud's difficult personality on the development ofhis brilliant as well as questionable theoretical ideas. Bregerwrites with compassion and fairness toward Freud as well as towardthe many interesting personalities who cross his life, with theircomplicated relationships to the great man."-SOPHIE FREUD, FREUD'SGRANDDAUGHTER AND PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF SOCIAL WORK, SIMMONSCOLLEGE
"Louis Breger's magnificent book is the definitive work on thepersonal psychology of Sigmund Freud. it brilliantly illuminateshow the darkness in Freud's vision has affected psychoanalytichistory. This book will be central for psychoanalytic scholarshipfor decades to come."-GEORGE E. ATWOOD, Ph.D., PROFESSOR OFPSYCHOLOGY, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
"Louis Breger's rich and readable study of Freud offers athoughtfully complex account of a great but flawed man. Everyonewith an interest in psychoanalysis and the psychoanalytic movementwill enjoy exploring, grappling with, arguing about, and learningfrom this absolutely fascinating book."-JUDITH VIORST,AUTHOR,
Necessary Losses and Imperfect Control "Written with brilliance andinsight, Freud: Darkness in the Midst of Vision takes us on adaring, at times chilling, journey to the early years ofpsychoanalysis, revealing both the human weaknesses and theprofessional triumphs of its founder. . . . Cutting away theaccretions of fabrication and romance cloaking Sigmund Freud,Breger has reinstated historical honesty to its rightful, highplace, but the figure who emerges at the end of this breathlesslyhonest biography is quite as extraordinary as the legend concoctedby Freud and perpetuated by his followers. Fresh, vigorous, andlucid."-PHILIP M. BROMBERG, Ph.D., CLINICAL PROFESSOR OFPSYCHOLOGY, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
"Louis Breger's fine new biography of Freud is a welcomecontribution to the existing literature and a corrective to much ofit. It is also one of the best intellectual histories of the originand development of psychoanalysis I have read in recent years.Breger is to be commended for his original research, theobjectivity of his views, and the elegance and grace of hiswriting."-DEIRDRE BAIR, NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER FOR SamuelBeckett AND AUTHOR OF A FORTHCOMING BIOGRAPHY OF CARL JUNG
"Finally, the Freud biography we have long been waiting for. Withthe history of Europe in the background, we follow with fascinationFreud's journey from an impoverished childhood filled with lossesto worldly fame, ending in exile in England. We come to understandthe impact of Freud's difficult personality on the development ofhis brilliant as well as questionable theoretical ideas. Bregerwrites with compassion and fairness toward Freud as well as towardthe many interesting personalities who cross his life, with theircomplicated relationships to the great man."-SOPHIE FREUD, FREUD'SGRANDDAUGHTER AND PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF SOCIAL WORK, SIMMONSCOLLEGE
"Louis Breger's magnificent book is the definitive work on thepersonal psychology of Sigmund Freud. it brilliantly illuminateshow the darkness in Freud's vision has affected psychoanalytichistory. This book will be central for psychoanalytic scholarshipfor decades to come."-GEORGE E. ATWOOD, Ph.D., PROFESSOR OFPSYCHOLOGY, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
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