The Freud Files: An Inquiry into the History of Psychoanalysis - Softcover

Borch-Jacobsen, Mikkel; Shamdasani, Sonu

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521729785 ISBN 13: 9780521729789

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

A perfect gift for the psychoanalyst in your life and which will also be of interest to anyone concerned with debunking any illusion of the past about them. This book will be the pride and joy of the psychoanalyst for many years to come.

About this title

Book Description:

How did psychoanalysis attain its prominent cultural position? This book reconstructs the early controversies surrounding psychoanalysis and shows that rather than demonstrating its superiority, the Freudians rescripted history. This was not incidental, but formed the core of psychoanalytic theory. The Freud Files reveals how psychoanalysis is vulnerable to its past.

About the Author:

Professor Sonu Shamdasani is a historian of psychology and psychiatry and is widely regarded as the leading Jung historian at work today. His numerous publications have been translated into many languages and his last edited book, Jung's Red Book (2009) was on The New York Times bestseller list and a documentary is currently being prepared on the subject.

Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Washington. He is the author of highly influential books on the theory and history of psychoanalysis and co-author of the bestselling Le livre noir de la psychanalyse (The Black Book of Psychoanalysis).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0521729785
• ISBN 13: 9780521729789
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416