A Dream of Undying Fame: How Freud Betrayed His Mentor and Invented Psychoanalysis

A Dream of Undying Fame: How Freud Betrayed His Mentor and Invented Psychoanalysis

Louis Breger
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Author:  Louis Breger
Condition:  New
Format:  Hardback
Pages:  160
Publisher:  Basic Books
Year:  2009
ISBN:  9780465017355

In 1877, a young Freud met an established physician named Josef Breuer and they began a collaboration that would lead to the publication of the classic work, Studies on Hysteria. But by the time it released, Freud was moving to establish himself as a major figure in the treatment of mentally ill patients, and would let no one stand in his way. He consequently minimized Breuer's contributions, betraying his former mentor and benefactor. In A Dream of Undying Fame, renowned psychologist Louis Breger narrates the story behind the creation of Studies as well as the case of Anna O., which helped contribute to Freud's definition of "neurosis." Breger reveals that Freud's own self-mythologizing and history not only affected everything he did in life, but also helped shape his emerging beliefs about psychoanalysis. Illustrating the importance of personality and social context behind an intellectual breakthrough, Breger provides an in-depth look at a field that reshaped our understanding of what it means to be human.

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