This is a comprehensive and illuminating independent history of the early days of Sigmund Freud, from his early neurological work, his fixation on cocaine and the nose as the source of all neurosis, to his development of the ideas of libido and repressed sexuality. A weighty and extremely thorough book, it is nonetheless very entertaining in parts, particularly in the cocaine sections.
A weighty and extremely thorough book, it is nonetheless very entertaining in parts, particularly in the cocaine sections.