Recollecting Freud

By Isidor Sadger

Book Overview

This eyewitness account by one of Sigmund Freud's earliest students has been rediscovered for twenty-first-century readers. Isidor Sadger's recollections provide a unique window into the early days of the psychoanalytic movement and also illuminate Freud's own struggles: his delight in wit, his attitudes toward Judaism, and his strong opinions concerning lay, nonmedical psychoanalysts. As a student, Sadger attended Freud's lectures from 1895 through 1904. Although Sadger was not part of Freud's inner circle, he was a participant observer of Freud's early years as teacher, therapist, and clinician. In 1930, Sadger published the biography Sigmund Freud: Pers?nliche Erinnerungen, but with the rise of Nazism and World War II, the book was almost lost to the world of psychoanalytic history. Recollecting Freud is a long-lost personal account that provides invaluable insights into Freud and his social, cultural, and intellectual context.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299211045
• ISBN13: 9780299211042
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.5"