Freuds British Family by Roger Willoughby - 9781032652016

Freuds British FamilyReclaiming Lost Lives in Manchester and London\nAuthor(s): Roger Willoughby\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032652016, 978-1032652016\nSynopsis\nFreuds British Family presents ground-breaking research into the lives of the British branch of the Freud family, their connections to the founder of psychoanalysis, and into Freuds relationship to Britain.\n\nDocumenting the complex relationships the elder Freud brothers had with their much younger brother Sigmund, Freuds British Family reveals the significant influence these hitherto largely forgotten Freuds had on the mental economy of the founder of psychoanalysis. Roger Willoughby shows how these key family relationships helped shape Freuds thinking, attitudes, and theorising, including emerging ideas on rivalry, the Oedipus complex, character, and art. In addition to considering their correspondence and meetings with Freud in continental Europ.