| The Schreber Case Contributor(s): Freud, Sigmund (Author), Webber, Andrew (Translator), Maccabe, Colin (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0142437425 ISBN-13: 9780142437421 Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $15.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2003 Annotation: Freud rarely treated psychotic patients or psychoanalyzed people just from their writings, but he had a powerful and imaginative understanding of their condition-revealed, most notably, in this analysis of a remarkable memoir. In 1903, Judge Daniel Schreber, a highly intelligent and cultured man, produced a vivid account of his nervous illness dominated by the desire to become a woman, terrifying delusions about his doctor, and a belief in his own special relationship with God. Eight years later, Freud's penetrating insight uncovered the impulses and feelings Schreber had about his father, which underlay his extravagant symptoms. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Movements - Psychoanalysis - Psychology | History - Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality) |
| Dewey: 616.897 |
| LCCN: 2003043319 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.28" H x 6.38" W x 7.76" (0.17 lbs) 96 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Freud rarely treated psychotic patients or psychoanalyzed people just from their writings, but he had a powerful and imaginative understanding of their condition--revealed, most notably, in this analysis of a remarkable memoir. In 1903, Judge Daniel Schreber, a highly intelligent and cultured man, produced a vivid account of his nervous illness dominated by the desire to become a woman, terrifying delusions about his doctor, and a belief in his own special relationship with God. Eight years later, Freud's penetrating insight uncovered the impulses and feelings Schreber had about his father, which underlay his extravagant symptoms. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |