Sigmund Freud spiritual treatment

Author's name: Stefan Zweig Publisher: Miskaliani Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2021 Literary classification: Psychology Book overview: This book is not a classic translation of Freud nor a traditional introduction to psychoanalysis. It is much more than that. In this book, Zweig not only narrates the story of the emergence of psychoanalysis but also reveals the psychological and social structure of a pivotal phase in the history of modern human thought. Zweig appears precise in his descriptions, knowledgeable of every detail of the historical transformation from treatment with medicine to treatment with the soul. The most eloquent aspect of the book is the author's encyclopedic culture, which makes him roam among philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, and Ruso; doctors like Charcot and Breuer; artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Maccart; historical figures like Spartacus and Archimedes; novelists like Balzac; playwrights like Shakespeare; mythological characters like Andor; and political figures like Pogatshev. Amazing how all these are gathered in one book. Indeed, Zweig succeeded in composing a book on the epistemology of Freudian psychoanalysis written by a writer, poetical metaphors, a surgeon, a historian, an ophthalmologist, and a thinker.