Available here for the first time in English, this eyewitness account by one of Freud's earliest students has been rediscovered for twenty-first century readers. Isidor Sadger's recollections provide a unique window into the early days of the psychoanalytic movement the internecine and ideological conflicts of Freud's disciples. They also illuminate Freud's own struggles: his delight in wit, his attitudes toward Judaism, and his strong opinions concerning lay, non-medical analysts.
As a student, Sadger attended Freud's lectures from 1895 through 1904. Two years later Freud nominated Sadger...

This eyewitness account by one of Sigmund Freud's earliest students has been rediscovered for twenty-first-century readers. Isidor Sadger's recollections provide a unique window into the early days of the psychoanalytic movement and also illuminate Freud's own struggles: his delight in wit, his attitudes toward Judaism, and his strong opinions concerning lay, nonmedical psychoanalysts.
As a student, Sadger attended Freud's lectures from 1895 through 1904. Although Sadger was not part of Freud's inner circle, he was a participant observer of Freud's early years as teacher, therapist, and...

Der j dische Psychoanalytiker Isidor Sadger, einer der ersten Anh nger der Freudschen Lehre, der sich in seinen Forschungen vor allem mit Perversionen besch ftigte, untersucht im vorliegenden Band die Ph nomene der Nervosit t" und der Hysterie." Als Quellen zieht er Briefe und Tageb cher zahlreicher Schriftsteller heran, die er als hellsichtigste Seelenkenner" bezeichnet und deren literarische Hinterlassenschaften sich deshalb besonders eigneten, einen Einblick in die Seele des kranken Genies" zu erhalten. Sorgf ltig nachbearbeiteter Nachdruck der Originalausgabe aus dem Jahr 1910.