Freud's Wizard: Ernest Jones and the Transformation of Psychoanalysis - Softcover

9780306816109: Freud's Wizard: Ernest Jones and the Transformation of Psychoanalysis
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 
The saturation of the English-speaking world with psychoanalytic concepts was due largely to one brilliant analyst, Ernest Jones. As Freud's disciple, colleague, and biographer-and the man who rescued Freud from the Nazis-he led the international psychoanalytic movement, shifting its vortex from Vienna to London and spreading its influence to Toronto, New York, and Boston. While negotiating the ferocious politics of the movement, Jones also managed an imposing series of liaisons, including an heiress and her maid, analysands, and a Druid Bride.” Unlike Freud, he never had to wonder, What do women want?”

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author:
Brenda Maddox, author of Nora: The Real Life of Molly Bloom, and Rosalind Franklin: Dark Lady of DNA, winner of the Los Angeles Times Biography Award, grew up in Massachusetts and lives in London.
From Publishers Weekly:
In writing the life of the man who established psychoanalysis in Britain, veteran biographer Maddox (Nora: The Real Molly Bloom) gives an equally fascinating (if more familiar) picture of the early world of psychoanalysis, with its conflicting egos and theoretical battles, particularly between strict Freudians and the followers of Melanie Klein, which fiercely divided the English psychoanalytic society founded and ruled over by Ernest Jones. Maddox frames Jones's life as the story of a man whose enormous gifts finally allowed him to triumph over early disgrace. A Welshman who'd shown brilliance as a medical student, Jones (1879–1958) had to leave England in 1908 after accusations of sexual impropriety while examining several youngsters; Maddox finds the evidence in one case "damning." But Jones returned two years later to practice psychoanalysis and advocate tirelessly for it, soon becoming a member of Freud's inner circle. While one wishes for a bit more insight, Maddox wisely refrains from psychoanalyzing Jones, who took full advantage of his ability to mesmerize women before finally settling into a happy marriage, and his alternately affectionate and irritable relationship with his mentor (Jones at one point accused Freud's daughter, Anna, of being "insufficiently analyzed"; Freud in turn called Jones a lying Welshman). Perhaps Jones's greatest moment was in saving Freud and many other Jewish psychoanalysts from the Nazis. Maddox adds an important chapter to the history of psychoanalysis in this balanced and skillful biography. (Mar. 19)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherDa Capo Press
  • Publication date2008
  • ISBN 10 0306816105
  • ISBN 13 9780306816109
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages352
  • Rating

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780306815553: Freud's Wizard: Ernest Jones and the Transformation of Psychoanalysis

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9780306815553
Publisher: Da Capo Press, 2007
Hardcover

9780719567933: Freud's Wizard: The Enigma of Ernest Jones

John M..., 2007
Softcover

9780719567926: Freud's Wizard: The Enigma of Ernest Jones

John M..., 2006
Hardcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image

Maddox, Brenda
Published by Da Capo Press (2008)
ISBN 10: 0306816105 ISBN 13: 9780306816109
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
Wizard Books
(Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0306816105

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 62.87
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 3.50
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Maddox, Brenda
Published by Da Capo Press (2008)
ISBN 10: 0306816105 ISBN 13: 9780306816109
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldBooks
(Austin, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0306816105

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 63.11
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 4.25
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Maddox, Brenda
Published by Da Capo Press (2008)
ISBN 10: 0306816105 ISBN 13: 9780306816109
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldenWavesOfBooks
(Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0306816105

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 67.93
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 4.00
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Maddox, Brenda
Published by Da Capo Press (2008)
ISBN 10: 0306816105 ISBN 13: 9780306816109
New Softcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
BennettBooksLtd
(LOS ANGELES, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.1. Seller Inventory # Q-0306816105

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 100.56
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 4.94
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds