a dangerous method book

Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. The most enjoyable parts of the book were some of the discussions about the Freud/Jung conflict and relationship, including the decided lack of the use of the scientific method in the development of psychoanalysis and the Christian/Jew conflict. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading A Most Dangerous Method: The Story of Jung, Freud, and Sabina Spielrein. by Vintage Books I am surprised at how much both Freud and Jung played Twister, painfully forcing "facts" (dreams and word associations and the such)into their previously constructed theories- kind of an early twentieth century psychological Fox News lite. However, cracks appear in their friendship as they begin to disagree more frequently on matters of psychoanalysis. Honestly, since Goodreads corresponds their stars to how much "I" liked it, as opposed to how "good" I thought it was (i.e. The author Kerr must have had walls covered in post-it notes as he trails detective like three people through the changes of psychiatry into psychoanalysis during the early 1900s. What, for example, is still deemed correct or useful by the psychoanalytic community? Reads like a PhD thesis - a very well written one- but the rigorous documentation used to bolster the story and the conclusions gets in the way of a "good read," and gives the book a tedious, repetitive feel. And how it was made into a film is an interesting question the trailer on youtube doesn't really answer. To me, while Kerr's book seems to argue against an omnipresent road map to the unconscious, certain road signs do appear useful- word associations, archetypal symbols. "A Dangerous Method" opens in 1904 with the arrival at Jung's Zurich clinic of Sabina Spielrein, manic and desperate, struggling with two attendants who try to constrain her. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of in addition, there are many other psychologists mentioned and the text drifts to their stories. A Dangerous Method is a 2011 historical film directed by David Cronenberg and starring Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, and Vincent Cassel. Disappointing. (for example - just what WAS 'hysteria' back then.) Very smart. Many of the author's premises stretched and then broke the bounds of believability, such as Spielrein being the No big surprise that the book is more tame than the movie. Three stars may be a little low for the amount of information and education Fascinating look at the personalities of Freud and Jung, and at the place and time and milieu which gave us their theories. Three stars may be a little low for the amount of information and education presented and the way it was written, but I didn't love the book as much as I endured the process of getting to the end. This book is not for the casual reader. If you're fascinated by the idea of an unconscious mind, as I am, then this is a book for you. The two men ended up destroying possibilities as they jockey for control of psychoanalysis, and Sabrina gets jettisoned off not just the ship but clear off the page of the history concerned with psychology. Finally, it should be of interest to medical ethicists.psychology students; those interested in psychoanalysisIf you're fascinated by the idea of an unconscious mind, as I am, then this is a book for you. It targets the “Intelligent general reader”.

AbI began this book thinking how incredible it would be to know so much about these influential men of their time. The afterword is excellent, really thoughtful. And how it was made into a film is an interesting question the trailer on youtube doesn't really answer. A look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gives birth to psychoanalysis. To create our list,...In 1907, Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung began what promised to be both a momentous collaboration and the deepest friendship of each man’s life. The afterword is excellent, really thoughtful. What, for example, is still deemed correct or useful by the psychoanalytic community? We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day.

No big surprise that the book is more tame than the movie. I just cannot continue reading this book. Freud was a dogmatic suspicious and bitter old man. And it does not make any of the main players look good. Freud died of cancer in London in 1939 after being driven out of Vienna by the Hampton's earliest version of the screenplay, dating back to the 1990s, was written for A noted feature of the film is the extensive use in the musical score of Kerr, John. Reads like a PhD thesis - a very well written one- but the rigorous documentation used to bolster the story and the conclusions gets in the way of a "good read," and gives the book a tedious, repetitive feel. The overall narrative lacked momentum and structure. I was under the impression that this would be a book in plain english that would discuss in detail the affair between Spielrein and Jung as well as their relationship with Freud. Where they divided, where they merged, and how Sabina Speilrein influence their work without really any due credit.It appears that that those who are suppose to fix our crazies are just as crazy! Except she didn't. Many of the author's premises stretched and then broke the bounds of believability, such as Spielrein being the model for Jung's concept of the Anima. Preoccupied with their own theories, and with each other, the two men simply did not pause even to take in the ideas of this junior colleague let alone to lend a helping hand in finding a more felicitous expression for her thought.