George Makari M.D. is Director of Cornell's Institute for the History of Psychiatry, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Medical College, and Visiting Associate Professor at Rockefeller University.
'Brilliant... A magisterial study that moves beyond the heated
disputes of past decades to gives us a detailed, deeply reflective
history... The book will serve historians of the field, as well as
undaunted readers, for many years to come' Financial Times
'Gripping... At last: a history of psychoanalysis without
partisanship or rancour. This neutral and thorough account of one
of the most controversial intellectual movements to sweet Europe
and the world... is greatly needed today... An impressive
achievement' Literary Review
'Rich and even-handed enough for partisans on both sides of the
divide to find ammunition for their cause... Makari's lucid and
thoroughly researched book is an indispensable guide' TLS
'This history of psychoanalysis aims to display, as they bubble up,
ideas that are hardly ideas any longer, more part of our psychic
landscape. George Makari... lets us in on the stage where what has
since hardened into dogma is still in flux, showing us how Freud
took on and discarded theories, tinkering and patching. Similarly
fluid, as Makari shows, is the ownership of idea' Guardian
'Not only of high scientific value but also enjoyable to read...
Makari has succeeded in writing an important, even brilliant
book... An immensely joyful experience' International Journal
of Psychoanalysis
'Freud's context is more fully elaborated by Makari than ever
before. I admire in particular the sanity and balance of this work,
since it shows that Freud's value transcends his
scientism' Harold Bloom
'George Makari has written nothing less than a history of the
modern mind... an astounding breadth of knowledge and an
unprecedented gift for synthesis' Paul Auster
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