Freud And His Disciples

By 1910, Freud was established in Vienna and gathered around him such brilliant psychoanalytic colleagues as Jung, Stekel, Ferenczi, Adler ,Fliess, and Jones. Vincent Brome gives an account of both the personal and professional relationships of these early pioneers of psychoanalysis, including the conflicts which lead to the schisms and breakaways in the movement. Brome’s fascinating book is for anyone interested in Freud and his life during the crucial period when he was developing his major theories.