Freud and Man's Soul

An Important Re-Interpretation of Freudian Theory

Bruno Bettelheim

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Vintage Books
15 February 2005

Psychology

Has Sigmund Freud been seriously misunderstood? The author of The Uses of Enchantment argues that mistranslation has distorted Freud's work in English and led students to see a system intended to cooperate flexibly with individual needs as a set of rigid rules to be applied by external authority. This provocative argument cuts through the myths to reveal a greater, more compassoinate and also far more disturbing figure.

""VITAL...an eloquent attempt to reclaim Freud's reputation in America.""-THE NEW YORK TIMES

""Lucid and provocative.""-THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW

By: Bruno Bettelheim
Imprint: Vintage Books
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Vintage Books ed
Dimensions: Height: 188mm, Width: 108mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 85g
ISBN: 9780394710365
ISBN 10: 0394710363
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 15 February 2005
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bruno Bettelheim was born in Vienna in 1903. He received his doctorate at the University of Vienna and came to America in 1939, after a year in the concentration camps of Dachau and Buchenwald. He was a Distinguished Professor of Education and Professor of both psychology and psychiatry at the University of Chicago. He died in 1990.

Reviews for Freud and Man's Soul: An Important Re-Interpretation of Freudian Theory

""VITAL...an eloquent attempt to reclaim Freud's reputation in America."" —THE NEW YORK TIMES ""Lucid and provocative."" —THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW