Freud Biologist Of The Mind: Beyond The Psychoanalytic Legend
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What if Sigmund Freud — the towering figure of psychoanalysis — was, at his core, a biologist shaped by the revolutionary currents of Darwinian thought? Frank J. Sulloway's Freud Biologist of the Mind presents a landmark reassessment of Freud's intellectual origins, arguing that his theories were not born from clinical observation alone, but were deeply rooted in 19th-century biology, neuroscience, and evolutionary theory. Sulloway meticulously reconstructs Freud's scientific education and early career, uncovering the profound influence of figures such as Ernst Brücke and Wilhelm Fliess, and demonstrating how Freud's ideas were shaped by a broader biological framework that he later obscured beneath the mythology of his own making. This is intellectual biography at its most rigorous and revelatory. Sulloway dismantles the carefully constructed psychoanalytic legend — the heroic narrative of a lone genius bravely confronting a hostile world — and replaces it with a far more complex and historically grounded portrait. Written with scholarly precision yet animated by a detective's instinct for hidden connections, the work transformed the historiography of psychoanalysis and ignited fierce debate among Freudians and historians of science alike. For anyone who believes they already know the story of Freud, Sulloway's challenge is unmistakable: the legend, it turns out, is only the beginning.
Author: Frank J. Sulloway
Format: Hardback
Published: 1979, Burnett Books / Andre Deutsch London
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: good. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Name plate on fep; markings on rear endpaper. Binding: Good.
What if Sigmund Freud — the towering figure of psychoanalysis — was, at his core, a biologist shaped by the revolutionary currents of Darwinian thought? Frank J. Sulloway's Freud Biologist of the Mind presents a landmark reassessment of Freud's intellectual origins, arguing that his theories were not born from clinical observation alone, but were deeply rooted in 19th-century biology, neuroscience, and evolutionary theory. Sulloway meticulously reconstructs Freud's scientific education and early career, uncovering the profound influence of figures such as Ernst Brücke and Wilhelm Fliess, and demonstrating how Freud's ideas were shaped by a broader biological framework that he later obscured beneath the mythology of his own making. This is intellectual biography at its most rigorous and revelatory. Sulloway dismantles the carefully constructed psychoanalytic legend — the heroic narrative of a lone genius bravely confronting a hostile world — and replaces it with a far more complex and historically grounded portrait. Written with scholarly precision yet animated by a detective's instinct for hidden connections, the work transformed the historiography of psychoanalysis and ignited fierce debate among Freudians and historians of science alike. For anyone who believes they already know the story of Freud, Sulloway's challenge is unmistakable: the legend, it turns out, is only the beginning.