An Autobiographical Study
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 2nd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Few figures in modern intellectual history have reshaped our understanding of the human mind as profoundly as Sigmund Freud, and An Autobiographical Study offers readers the rare privilege of hearing the architect of psychoanalysis recount his own extraordinary journey. Published in 1935 and first translated into English by James Strachey for The Hogarth Press under the prestigious International Psycho-Analytical Library series, this concise yet revelatory memoir chronicles Freud's intellectual evolution — from his early career in neurology and his formative years under Jean-Martin Charcot in Paris, to the seismic development of free association, dream interpretation, and the foundational theories of the unconscious mind. More than a personal memoir, this work presents a rigorous and authoritative intellectual history of psychoanalysis itself, as Freud reflects on his collaborations and ruptures with figures such as Breuer, Jung, and Adler, revealing the tensions and triumphs that shaped the movement. Written with characteristic precision, candour, and a disarming lack of sentimentality, Freud argues for the scientific legitimacy of his life's work while simultaneously illuminating the deeply personal obsessions that drove it. The result is an indispensable document for anyone seeking to understand not just the man, but the revolutionary discipline he forged — leaving one to wonder: how much of Freud's own unconscious shaped the very theories he built to explain it?
Author: Sigmund Freud
Format: Hardback
Published: 1936, The Hogarth Press
Genre: Biography
Edition: 2nd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Few figures in modern intellectual history have reshaped our understanding of the human mind as profoundly as Sigmund Freud, and An Autobiographical Study offers readers the rare privilege of hearing the architect of psychoanalysis recount his own extraordinary journey. Published in 1935 and first translated into English by James Strachey for The Hogarth Press under the prestigious International Psycho-Analytical Library series, this concise yet revelatory memoir chronicles Freud's intellectual evolution — from his early career in neurology and his formative years under Jean-Martin Charcot in Paris, to the seismic development of free association, dream interpretation, and the foundational theories of the unconscious mind. More than a personal memoir, this work presents a rigorous and authoritative intellectual history of psychoanalysis itself, as Freud reflects on his collaborations and ruptures with figures such as Breuer, Jung, and Adler, revealing the tensions and triumphs that shaped the movement. Written with characteristic precision, candour, and a disarming lack of sentimentality, Freud argues for the scientific legitimacy of his life's work while simultaneously illuminating the deeply personal obsessions that drove it. The result is an indispensable document for anyone seeking to understand not just the man, but the revolutionary discipline he forged — leaving one to wonder: how much of Freud's own unconscious shaped the very theories he built to explain it?