Child Abuse in Freud's Vienna
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Child Abuse in Freud's Vienna by Larry Wolff
Reprint of the Atheneum edition (1988) titled Postcards From the End of the World . Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
"Describes one of the great lost opportunities in European social thoughtIn the end, humankind could not bear very much reality. The waltz began once more, and it drowned the cries of the abused. Two generations elapsed before anyone heeded them again." * New Statesman *
"A powerful story, one that raises themes that still reverberate."The New York Times "Wolff tells us a great deal that is disturbing and fascinating both about turn-of-the-century Vienna and about the strange combination of love and loathing out of which child-abuse and even child-murder all too often spring." * The Spectator *
"A powerful story, one that raises themes that still reverberate."The New York Times "Wolff tells us a great deal that is disturbing and fascinating both about turn-of-the-century Vienna and about the strange combination of love and loathing out of which child-abuse and even child-murder all too often spring." * The Spectator *
Larry Wolff is Silver Professor of History at New York University, director of the NYU Center for European and Mediterranean Studies, and executive director of the NYU Remarque Institute. His most recent book is The Singing Turk: Ottoman Power and Operatic Emotions on the European Stage from the Siege of Vienna to the Age of Napoleon.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780814792872 |
| ISBN 10 | 0814792871 |
| Title | Child Abuse in Freud's Vienna |
| Author | Larry Wolff |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | New York University Press |
| Year published | 1995-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 286 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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