The Guru, the Bagman and the Sceptic: A story of science, sex and psychoanalysis

Ernest Jones, Wilfred Trotter, and Sigmund Freud's lives are explored in Seamus O Mahony's book, "The Freudians." It depicts the sexual obsessions of London's intellectual and bohemian circles, Bloomsbury, and doctors pursuing wealth and fame during a crucial 30-year period in European history.

Format: Hardback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 02 February 2023
Publisher: Head of Zeus

A captivating and insightful book delves into the intertwined lives of psychoanalyst Ernest Jones, surgeon Wilfred Trotter, and the renowned psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. Born in Wales, Ernest Jones became Sigmund Freud's closest associate and most devoted disciple, promoting psychoanalysis as a secular religion with remarkable wit, confidence, and ambition. Alongside him, Wilfred Trotter, a celebrated surgeon who saved the life of George V and sought treatment from Freud during his London exile, stood as a steadfast figure who resisted the allure of Freudianism. Trotter, known for his quintessentially English demeanor, possessed a disdain for slick medical careerists, distrusted grand theories, and lacked pretension and self-regard. Spanning from the inaugural psychoanalytic congress in Salzburg in 1908 to the illness of King George in the late 1920s and the meeting of Freud and Trotter in 1939, Seamus O Mahony weaves a captivating narrative, showcasing the development of psychoanalysis and delving into the sexual obsessions of intellectual and bohemian circles in London, Cambridge, and Vienna. This book also explores the influence of Freud's writings on European history, shedding light on how and why the works of a failed neurologist from Vienna gained such profound significance.

Weight: 564g
Dimension: 161 x 243 x 33 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781803285658