Freud: A Life for Our Time
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Freud: A Life for Our Time is a comprehensive intellectual biography of Sigmund Freud that situates his life and theories within their broader historical and cultural context.
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| Freud: A Life for Our Time canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Freud: A Life for Our Time Context triple: [Peter Gay, notableWork, Freud: A Life for Our Time]
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Emma Freud
Emma Freud is a British broadcaster, producer, and charity campaigner known for her work on radio and television and her long-term collaboration with filmmaker Richard Curtis on projects such as Comic Relief.
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B.
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, whose theories on the unconscious mind, sexuality, and human behavior profoundly shaped modern psychology and Western thought.
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C.
Eros and Civilization
Eros and Civilization is a 1955 philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that blends Marxist and Freudian ideas to critique modern industrial society and imagine a non-repressive, liberated future.
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D.
The Confessions of Felix Krull
The Confessions of Felix Krull is a picaresque novel by Thomas Mann that humorously chronicles the rise of a charming con artist through society by means of deception and role‑playing.
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E.
Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Affects
"Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Affects" is a section of Spinoza’s *Ethics* that analyzes how human emotions can enslave us and explores the path toward greater rational freedom.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Freud: A Life for Our Time Target entity description: Freud: A Life for Our Time is a comprehensive intellectual biography of Sigmund Freud that situates his life and theories within their broader historical and cultural context.
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A.
Emma Freud
Emma Freud is a British broadcaster, producer, and charity campaigner known for her work on radio and television and her long-term collaboration with filmmaker Richard Curtis on projects such as Comic Relief.
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B.
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, whose theories on the unconscious mind, sexuality, and human behavior profoundly shaped modern psychology and Western thought.
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C.
Eros and Civilization
Eros and Civilization is a 1955 philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that blends Marxist and Freudian ideas to critique modern industrial society and imagine a non-repressive, liberated future.
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D.
The Confessions of Felix Krull
The Confessions of Felix Krull is a picaresque novel by Thomas Mann that humorously chronicles the rise of a charming con artist through society by means of deception and role‑playing.
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E.
Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Affects
"Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Affects" is a section of Spinoza’s *Ethics* that analyzes how human emotions can enslave us and explores the path toward greater rational freedom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
biography
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book ⓘ intellectual biography ⓘ |
| author | Peter Gay ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coversTopic |
Freud's followers and critics
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Oedipus complex ⓘ dream interpretation ⓘ psychoanalytic movement ⓘ unconscious mind ⓘ |
| describes |
Freud's personal life
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Freud's professional relationships ⓘ cultural context of Freud's work ⓘ development of Freud's theories ⓘ historical context of Freud's work ⓘ |
| focusesOnPeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| genre |
historical biography
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non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
hardcover edition
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paperback edition ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | sympathetic but critical view of Freud ⓘ |
| hasReception |
influential in Freud studies
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widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers interested in Freud
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scholars ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Sigmund Freud ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comprehensive treatment of Freud's life
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integration of biography and intellectual history ⓘ |
| pages | ~800 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| publisher | W. W. Norton & Company ⓘ |
| relatedField |
modern European history
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psychoanalytic theory ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Civilization and Its Discontents
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The Interpretation of Dreams ⓘ |
| subject |
Viennese culture
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history of psychology ⓘ intellectual history ⓘ psychoanalysis ⓘ |
| timeSpanCovered | Freud's entire life ⓘ |
| usedAs | reference work on Freud ⓘ |
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