Brother Animal: The Story of Freud and Tausk

Roazen, Paul; Paul Roazen

ISBN 10: 0394715063 / ISBN 13: 9780394715063

Published by Vintage Books/ A Division of Random House, Inc., New York, 1971

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221 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. Moderate foxing on page edges. Some water warped pages. Water warpage. Seller Inventory # 1CislAe0002

Bibliographic Details

Title: Brother Animal: The Story of Freud and Tausk

Publisher: Vintage Books/ A Division of Random House, Inc., New York

Publication Date: 1971

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Illustrator: Ronald Clyne (Cover Design)

Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Vintage Books Edition September 1971

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Synopsis:

A major figure among pre-World War I psychoanalysts, Victor Tausk was perhaps Slgmund Freud's most brilliant pupilā€”"the most prominently outĀ­standing" in the opinion of Lou Andreas-Salome. Tausk craved recognition for the originality of his work, and a fierce rivalry developed between pupil and mentor. Tausk, who felt a deep and neurotic dependence on Freud, was totally consumed in the struggle. Freud's final rejection of his follower, and the particularly unfortunate manner in which it was carried out, was followed by Tausk's bizarre suicideā€”and by an official silence that has all but obliterated his name from the annals of psychoanalysis.

Arthur Koestler called Brother Animal "A very important and original contribution to the history of the psychoanalytic movement and beyond that to the history of ideas," and Maxwell Geismar said it was "the best treatment of Freud and that remarkable group of his original disciples that 1 have read. It reads as if Mr. Roazen was right there at the time, inside the inner circle."

About the Author:

Paul Roazen (1936-2005) was professor of social and political science at York University in Toronto. He was the author of Helene Deutsch and Brother Animal, both available from Transaction.