Freud: Inventor of the Modern Mind (Eminent Lives) Book

Often referred to as "the father of psychoanalysis," Sigmund Freud championed the "talking cure" and charted the human unconscious. But though Freud compared himself to Copernicus and Darwin, his history as a physician is problematic. Historians have determined that Freud often misrepresented the course and outcome of his treatments?so that the facts would match his theories. Today Freud's legacy is in dispute, his commentators polarized into two camps: one of defenders; the other, fierce detractors. Peter D. Kramer, himself a practicing psychiatrist and a leading national authority on mental health, offers a new take on this controversial figure, one both critical and sympathetic. He recognizes that although much of Freud's thought is now archaic, the discipline he invented has become an inescapable part of our culture, transforming the way we see ourselves. Freud was a myth-maker, a storyteller, a writer whose books will survive among the classics of our literature. The result of Kramer's inquiry is nothing less than a new standard history of Freud by a modern master of his thought. Discover More Eminent Lives Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code by Matt Ridley Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time by Karen Armstrong Machiavelli: Philosopher of Power by Ross King George Washington: The Founding Father by Paul Johnson Thomas Jefferson: Author of America by Christopher Hitchens Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy's Guide by Joseph Epstein Read More