The Life And Work Of Sigmund Freud
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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Few figures have reshaped the landscape of modern thought as profoundly as Sigmund Freud, and Ernest Jones — his close friend, colleague, and authorised biographer — presents an unrivalled account of the man behind the myth. Originally published across three volumes, this Pelican edition, edited and abridged by Lionel Trilling and Steven Marcus, chronicles Freud's life from his origins in 19th-century Vienna through the revolutionary development of psychoanalysis, capturing both the intimate portrait of a brilliant and driven personality and the grand intellectual drama of a new science being born. Jones writes with the dual authority of a practising psychoanalyst and a first-hand witness to history, producing a biography that is as analytically penetrating as it is deeply human. The result is a work of enduring literary and scholarly significance — one that illuminates not only Freud's towering genius but also the resistances, rivalries, and cultural upheavals he navigated throughout his life. For anyone seeking to understand the origins of the modern mind, this remains an essential and utterly compelling point of entry.
Author: Ernest Jones
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few figures have reshaped the landscape of modern thought as profoundly as Sigmund Freud, and Ernest Jones — his close friend, colleague, and authorised biographer — presents an unrivalled account of the man behind the myth. Originally published across three volumes, this Pelican edition, edited and abridged by Lionel Trilling and Steven Marcus, chronicles Freud's life from his origins in 19th-century Vienna through the revolutionary development of psychoanalysis, capturing both the intimate portrait of a brilliant and driven personality and the grand intellectual drama of a new science being born. Jones writes with the dual authority of a practising psychoanalyst and a first-hand witness to history, producing a biography that is as analytically penetrating as it is deeply human. The result is a work of enduring literary and scholarly significance — one that illuminates not only Freud's towering genius but also the resistances, rivalries, and cultural upheavals he navigated throughout his life. For anyone seeking to understand the origins of the modern mind, this remains an essential and utterly compelling point of entry.