Cassandra's Daughter: A History of Psychoanalysis

by Joseph Schwartz

A chronicle of the origins and development of psychoanalysis, an essential theory of the twentieth century, depicts Freud's early days in an anti-Semitic Vienna, discusses the split between Freud and Jung, explores the variant American analysis theories, and other related topics. Reprint.

Genres: Psychology, Psychoanalysis, History

Paperback

First published September 1, 1999

Reviews

[Richard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Highly recommend reading this after Freud And Beyond: A History Of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought by by Stephen A. Mitchell and Margaret J. Black because the two books complement each other well.

Mitchell/Black focus on the evolution of different schools of thought. By contrast, Schwartz offers more biographical detail, spending much more time on the early careers of Freud and his contemporaries, and then documenting the often contentious interaction among Freud's successors. Together the books cover many of the same people but from different perspectives.

Schwartz is a bit more critical by comparison, and doesn't hesitate to analyze the motives of the people he's discussing. That should probably be taken with grains of salt, but I found his perspectives interesting and entertainingly provocative.

[Jessie B. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting though it focused on Freud and Klein and excludes anything about Jung or Jungians.

[Melskepko · Rating 2 out of 5]

A little bit too much of reciting facts but overall had a lot of info. Also, the letters of Freud and Jung fighting with eachother were hysterical.