Freud's Paranoid Quest by John C. Farrell - 9780814726495

Freud's Paranoid QuestPsychoanalysis and Modern Suspicion\nAuthor(s): John C. Farrell\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9780814726495, 978-0814726495\nSynopsis\nFreud's Paranoid Quest is an exceptionally broad-ranging and well-written book....Whether or not one agrees with certain of his arguments and assessments, one must acknowledge the remarkable intelligence that is displayed on nearly every page.\n --Louis Sassauthor of Madness and Modernism and The Paradoxes of Delusion\nJohn Farrell's Freud's Paranoid Quest is the most trenchant, exhilarating and illuminating book I have encountered in many years. [The book] should be pondered not just by all students of Freud's thought but by everyone who senses that 'advanced modernity' has by now outstayed its welcome.\n --Frederick CrewsUniversity of California, Berkeley\nIn Freud's Paranoid Quest, John Farrell analyzes the personality and thought of Sigmund.