Freud: A Life for Our Time: A Life in Our Time

Freud: A Life for Our Time is a biography about Freud written by Peter Gay. This is the original publication from 1988. The chapters of the book starts with Foundations 1856-1905 (A Greed for Knowledge, The Theory in the Making, and Psychoanalysis); then comes Elaborations 1902-1915 (Sketch of an Embattled Founder, Psychoanalytic Politics, Therapy and Technique, and Applications and Implications) and ends with Revisions 1915-1939 (Aggressions, Death Against Life, Flickering Lights on Dark Continents, Human Nature at Work, and To Die in Freedom). The Chicago Tribune wrote, "[This] remarkable biography... briskly traces the story of Freud's life and education, deftly weaving the familiar narrative with a style that makes it seem fresh and lively." The ISBN # is 0-393-02517-9. The book contains 810 pages.