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rc90041's review against another edition
5.0
A fantastic, deeply absorbing, erudite, elegant intellectual biography. The bulk of the discussion centers on Freud’s work, and the development of his ideas, with necessary sidenotes about his various feuds and power struggles with disciples and would-be peers. Borders on hagiography at times, but it remains a rich, fabulously researched resource for anyone interested in Freud’s body of work.
ginger_curmudgeon's review against another edition
4.0
Peter Gay definitely taps into information about Freud that makes understanding Freud's theories and concepts much easier.
bennse2's review against another edition
Started reading this after I went to work part-time at a psychoanalytic society. However, I'm not sure that this detailed biography was the smartest place to start. Freud lived a complicated life, so this is a good read, but I need to start out with something smaller.
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