Freud, Peter D. Kramer
Freud, Peter D. Kramer
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Freud
Inventor of the Modern Mind

Author: Peter D. Kramer

Narrator: William Dufris

Unabridged: 6 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Harper

Published: 06/13/2012

Synopsis

Sigmund Freud’s life bridged the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and his reputation and influence have endured, even intensified, in the twenty-first. Often referred to as “the father of psychoanalysis,” Freud did, in fact, conceive of many of its defining characteristics: he was the original advocate of the “talking cure,” and discovered--or, some argue, invented--the human unconscious. Kramer’s take on Freud is at once critical and sympathetic: he recognizes what is archaic in Freud’s work and also what endures, interpreting him as not only a pioneer, but a writer whose work will survive among the classics of our literature.

About Peter D. Kramer

Peter D. Kramer, M.D., ""possibly the best-known psychiatrist in America"" (New York Times), is the bestselling author of Listening to Prozac, Should You Leave?, Spectacular Happiness, Moments of Engagement, and Against Depression. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island, where he is a professor at Brown University and maintains a private practice.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachel

The glimpse Kramer gives us of the life and work of Freud is touching, sympathetic, critical, and brief. I am not a student or a scholar of psychology, and this was the first work I've read on the subject. At times I found myself lost in the terminology of the subject, and I forced myself to reread......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer

Having just done a refresher on Freud's psychoanalytic theories, I thought it might be worthwhile to pick up a biography for a peek at the man behind the Oepidal curtain. I admit without shame that I chose this one off the shelf for its brevity, as I wasn't sure my passing interest would sustain me......more

Goodreads review by Peter

Peter D. Kramer is a Clinical Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Kramer’s 2006 biography entitled Freud: Inventor of the Modern Mind provided a very useful and well-balanced introduction to the biography of Sigmund Freud. The biograph......more

Goodreads review by Anthony

I'd give it 3.5 if there were half stars.......more

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