Freud's Women: Family, Patients, Followers

by Lisa Appignanesi, John Forrester, John Forrester

Book Overview

The story of the women in Freud's life - family, patients and followers - and how his relationships with them profoundly influenced the development of psychoanalysis and the course of contemporary feminism. The book draws on correspondence, case histories and biography.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465025641
• ISBN13: 9780465025640
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.8" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

An exhaustive, in-depth look at the women involved

Collaboratively written by Lisa Appignanesi and John Forrester, Freud's Women: Family, Patients, Followers is an exhaustive, in-depth look at the women involved in the life and work of Sigmund Freud, who is often thought of as the father of modern psychology. Freud's many female patients, followers, and family members are surveyed and discussed in an informative blend of biography, history, and study of the founding of psychoanalysis. An exhaustively researched and detailed book, Freud's Women is very highly recommended for the History of Psychoanalysis academic reference collections, and Freudian Psychology supplement reading lists.