Sigmund Freud on the Way to Paris, 1873-1885

Sigmund Freud on the Way to Paris, 1873-1885 poses a question: where does psychoanalysis begin? Giosuè Ghisalberti considers how Freud’s own development – both in terms of his formal education and his personal growth – influenced the development of psychoanalysis. Rather than a beginning to psychoanalysis, this book instead traces four convergent influences. One, the nature of Freud’s “Jewishness” as determined by the Hebrew language, the Torah, and the man Moses; two, his interdisciplinary scie