Freud: The Man and the Cause

by Ronald William Clark

As much a study of the man as the movement he founded, Clark's biography explores such controversial matters as Freud's sex life, his cocaine habit, and his attitudes toward women

Genres: Biography, Psychology, Psychoanalysis

652 pages, Hardcover

Published June 1, 1980

About the author

Ronald William Clark was a British author of biography, fiction and non-fiction. He was educated King's College School. In 1933, he embarked on a career as a journalist, and served as a war correspondent during the Second World War after being turned down for military service on medical grounds. As a war correspondent, Clark landed on Juno Beach with the Canadians on D-Day. He followed the war until the end, and remained in Germany to report on the major War Crimes trials. After his return to Britain he embarked upon a career as an author.

Reviews

[David Walters · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ronald W. Clark's Freud: The Man and the Cause is a readable, workmanlike biography of Freud, originally published in 1980. Though it may not provide quite as much detail as some readers might wish for, it gives a good basic description of the main events of Freud's life. Clark makes an effort to provide a balanced account of Freud's work, and to try to find a middle road between uncritical acceptance of Freud's ideas and an unthinking and hostile rejection of them.