Freud
Inventor of the Modern Mind
Published on 3. November 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-06-176889-7 (ISBN)
Description
Part of the acclaimed Eminent Lives series, Freud is a concise and seductive biography of the father of psychiatry. Dr. Peter D. Kramer, the author of Listening to Prozac and Against Depression offers a critical and sympathetic portrait, recognizing what is archaic in Freud's work and also what endures, interpreting him as not only a pioneer, but as a writer whose work will survive among the classics of literature.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
288 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-06-176889-7 (9780061768897)
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10/2009
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Person
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.