In Freud's Shadow

<p>In its detailed interpretive reconsideration of Adler's involvement with Freud and psychoanalysis <em>In Freud's Shadow</em> constitutes a seminal contribution to our historical understanding of the early psychoanalytic movement. Making extensive use of the Minutes of the Vienna Psycho-Analytic Society Freud's correspondence and the diaries of Lou Andreas-Salome Stepansky reconstructs the ambience and reanalyzes the substance of the ongoing debates about Adler's work within the psychoanalytic discussion group. One valuable by-product of his undertaking then is a compelling portrait of the early Vienna Psycho-Analytic Society from the standpoint of the sociology of small groups and more especially of Freud's status as the group leader of the Society.</p><p>Thoroughly researched meticulously documented and brilliantly written <em>In Freud's Shadow: Adler in Context</em> represents a watershed in the literature on Adler Frued and the history of psychoanalysis. It will be of major interest not only to psychoanalysts psychiatrists and psychologists but to social scientists historians and lay readers interested in the politics of scientific controversy the sociology of small groups and the relationship of psychology to contemporary systems of belief.</p>