In Freud's Shadow Adler in Context [Paperback]

In its detailed, interpretive reconsideration of Adler's involvement with Freud and psychoanalysis, In Freud's Shadowconstitutes 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.

Thoroughly researched, meticulously documented, and brilliantly written, In Freud's Shadow: Adler in Contextrepresents 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.

Introduction
- From Socialism to Pedagogy: Prelude to Adlerian Theory
- From Medicine to Psychiatry: The Foundations of Adlerian Theory, Part I
- From Medicine to Psychiatry: The Foundations of Adlerian Theory, Part II
- Adler in Freud's Circle: I. The Vicissitudes of Discipleship
- Adler in Freud's Circle: II. The Anatomy of Dissension
- Adler in Freud's Circle: III. The Nervous Character and Its Critic
- Adler in Freud's Circle: IV. The Psychology of Repudiation
- The Psychologist as Pedagogue: Adler and the Education of the Child
- The Psychologist as Prophet: Adler and GemeilãF