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| Author | Peter Gay |
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| Cover artist | Mike McIver |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Sigmund Freud |
| Publisher | J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd |
Publication date | 1988 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 810 (1995 edition) |
| ISBN | 0-333-48638-2 (1995 edition) |
Freud: A Life for Our Time is a 1988 biography of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, by the historian Peter Gay. The book was first published in the United Kingdom by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. The book has been praised by some commentators and compared to the psychoanalyst Ernest Jones's The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud (1953–1957). However, it has been criticized by authors skeptical of psychoanalysis, who have accused Gay of lacking objectivity and of repeating incorrect claims about Freud's work.[1]
- ^ E.g., Swales, Peter J., "Protecting Freud's Image From Sigmund," Los Angeles Times (May 8, 1988) (review of Gay, Peter, Freud: A Life for Our Time, New York: W. W. Norton, 1988).