Anthony Storr war ein englischer Psychiater und Autor, der für seine aufschlussreichen psychoanalytischen Porträts historischer Persönlichkeiten bekannt ist. Sein Werk schöpft tief aus seinem Verständnis menschlichen Leidens und ermöglicht es ihm, mit tiefem Mitgefühl in die Psyche von Individuen einzudringen. Storrs Schreibstil ist sowohl einfühlsam als auch durchdringend und bietet den Lesern einen einzigartigen Einblick in die Motivationen und inneren Kämpfe der von ihm untersuchten Personen. Seine Schriften werden für ihre psychologische Schärfe und ihren literarischen Wert geschätzt.
Siegmund Freuds Psychoanalyse hat die Art und Weise wie wir über uns selbst, über Bewusstes, Unbewusstes und zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen denken, völlig neu definiert. Eine spannende Einführung in die Grundideen und Schlüsselbegriffe der Freudschen Psychoanalyse, die auf hervorragend lesbare Weise klarmacht, wie tiefgreifend sein Einfluss auf das Lebensgefühl des 20. Jahrhunderts war.
Jung's writing is the key to understanding 20th century psychology, psychiatry and psychoanalysis. This collection of his writings clearly presents him in his own words and in precis.
This title collects the essays of one of England's best-known and most distinguished psychiatrists. Storr weighs and tests Freud's theory that creativity is the result of dissatisfaction by examining the impulses which drove Kafka, Newton and Churchill.
Why does music have such an effect on our minds and bodies? It is the most mysterious and most intangible of all forms of art. Anthony Storr believes that music today is a significant experience for a greater number of people than ever before, and in this book he explores why this should be so.
Originally published in 1988, Anthony Storr's enlightening meditation on the creative individual's need for solitude has become a classic. Solitude was seminal in challenging the established belief that "interpersonal relationships of an intimate kind are the chief, if not the only, source of human happiness." Indeed, most self-help literature still places relationships at the center of human existence. Lucid and lyrical, Storr's book cites numerous examples of brilliant scholars and artists -- from Beethoven and Kant to Anne Sexton and Beatrix Potter -- to demonstrate that solitude ranks alongside relationships in its impact on an individual's well-being and productivity, as well as on society's progress and health. But solitary activity is essential not only for geniuses, says Storr; the average person, too, is enriched by spending time alone. For fifteen years, readers have found inspiration and renewal in Storr's erudite, compassionate vision of human experience.
First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
