This book is the first publication of the complete correspondence of Sigmund Freud with his daughter Anna. The correspondence ranges over personal and family matters - social events, family holidays, births and deaths, health issues, war experiences, etc. - as well as professional matters, including the progress of Sigmund Freud’s and Anna Freud’s scientific works, their views on students and colleagues, and the international dissemination and publication of psychoanalytical writings.
The letters provide valuable insight into the work and family life of the founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, including the changes in his perception of women that were triggered by his relation with his daughter. They also shed fresh light on the development of Anna’s life and career - the early years in England, the period of her analysis with her own father and the last phase of her father’s illness and death, when Anna became the torch-bearer and protector of her father’s works, and eventually became the leading figure in the International Psychoanalytic Association.
Richly annotated with editorial comments, this unique volume of correspondence between Sigmund and Anna Freud is an invaluable source of historical documentation about the formation and development of psychoanalysis and the early decades of the psychoanalytic movement.
About the Author
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was the founder of psychoanalysis and one of the most important and influential thinkers of the last 100 years.
Anna Freud (1895-1982) was the sixth and final child of Sigmund Freud, and followed her father into the burgeoning profession of psychoanalysis, producing her own ground-breaking research.
Nick Somers is the translator
Features
This is the complete correspondence between Sigmund Freud and his daughter Anna.
The letters deal with personal and family matters as well as professional matters, including the progress of Sigmund Freud’s and Anna Freud’s scientific works.
Provides new insight into the development of Sigmund Freud’s work, such as the changes in his perception of women that were triggered by his relation with his daughter.
Sheds fresh light on Anna Freud’s life and career, including the period of her analysis with her own father and the last phase of her father’s illness and death, when Anna became the torch-bearer of her father’s works and the leading figure in the International Psychoanalytic Association.
The editorial annotations throughout expand the correspondence so that it becomes a rich historical source concerning the formation of psychoanalysis and the early years of the psychoanalytic movement.
This major volume will appeal to anyone interested in psychoanalysis and the life and work of its founder, Sigmund Freud.
