内容简介
Oftenreferredtoas"thefatherofpsychoanalysis,"SigmundFreudchampionedthe"talkingcure"andchartedthehumanunconscious.ButthoughFreudcomparedhimselftoCopernicusandDarwin,hishistoryasaphysicianisproblematic.HistorianshavedeterminedthatFreudoftenmisrepresentedthecourseandoutcomeofhistreatments—sothatthefactswouldmatchhistheories.TodayFreud'slegacyisindispute,hiscommentatorspolarizedintotwocamps:oneofdefenders;theother,fiercedetractors.PeterD.Kramer,himselfapracticingpsychiatristandaleadingnationalauthorityonmentalhealth,offersanewtakeonthiscontroversialfigure,onebothcriticalandsympathetic.HerecognizesthatalthoughmuchofFreud'sthoughtisnowarchaic,thedisciplineheinventedhasbecomeaninescapablepartofourculture,transformingthewayweseeourselves.Freudwasamyth-maker,astoryteller,awriterwhosebookswillsurviveamongtheclassicsofourliterature.TheresultofKramer'sinquiryisnothinglessthananewstandardhistoryofFreudbyamodernmasterofhisthought.
作者简介
PeterD.Kramer,M.D.,"possiblythebest-knownpsychiatristinAmerica"(NewYorkTimes),isthebestsellingauthorofListeningtoProzac,ShouldYouLeave?,SpectacularHappiness,MomentsofEngagement,andAgainstDepression.HelivesinProvidence,RhodeIsland,whereheisaprofessoratBrownUniversityandmaintainsaprivatepractice.