Freud: From Youthful Dream to Mid-Life Crisis
Freud: From Youthful Dream to Mid-Life Crisis Books
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The Wright Institute, Berkeley, California. Biographical account of Freud. Describes the period during which Freud gave up his seduction theory, precipitating a midlife crisis which led to the discovery of psychoanalysis. For psychologists and psychiatrists.
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Does anyone other then Sigmund Freud know why he abandoned his seduction theory so quickly, one that he plotting would result in him fame and fortune as a revolutionary healer? I would have to say no. Masson and Newton both give compelling arguments to what they both judge to be the truth of why Freud did what he did; Masson claiming Freud abandoned his seduction theory because of political and social preasure, Newton claiming Freud did so because he was fighting a mid life crisis. It is impossible to form an attitude without reading them both carefully, so I reckon this book, by the side of with Masson’s, is worth the read. My synopsis is that Freud never really gave up on the seduction theory at all, but simply realized that he would get much farther going a different route, then bringing Victoria Austria to it’s knees by claiming it was laden with child molesters.
Rating: 5 / 5
With so many biographies and books on Freud, the question is why read another? Newton’s biographical study of Freud is unique in examining the fantastic psychologist’s life from an adult developmental viewpoint. The key achievement of this book is a finely detailed study of how Freud’s adult development — his dreams of accomplishment, his relationships, and career decisions — interlock with Freud’s creative achievement in making the foundations of psychoanalysis in the midst of a mid-life crisis. Newton argues that the tasks of the mid-life crisis were peculiarly interrelated with Freud’s creative achievement. Incidentally, this finely researched and written book demolishes Jeffrey Masson’s notorious thesis that Freud abandoned his theory of infantile seduction due to cowardice, with Newton relying heavily upon Freud’s written correspondence with his supporter, Fliess. An exciting book that reads at times like a novel.
Rating: 5 / 5