"Tauber's patient exposition of Freud's suppressed philosophical heritage becomes a tour de force when he turns back beyond Schopenhauer to Kant."
Lesley Chamberlain, New Statesman "The main focus is Freud as an ethical and social thinker who, while drawing on multiple sources of classical humanism, prepares the way for a new humanism informed by the insights of psychoanalysis. Tauber offers important ... Read morechapters devoted to the intellectual ferment of 19th-century German philosophy and its influence on Freud."
Choice "Tauber provides a scholarly exposition, and the book is helpful for appreciating the diverse background influences on Freud's thinking. Furthermore, Tauber also clearly has an exhaustive knowledge of Freud's writing and is well read with respect to contemporary philosophically oriented psychoanalytic writers."
Simon Boag, PsycCRITIQUES "I feel a great deal of sympathy towards Tauber's project, and his analysis is rich, interesting and engaged."
Johan Eriksson, Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review "[A] tour de force."
Elisabeth Young-Breuhl, Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association "This is an attractively written and deeply illuminating study of Freud as moral philosopher... This book goes a long way to explain the positive side of the continued interest and, indeed, to explain why Freud will continue to fascinate, leaving far behind by-now stale debate about whether or not he created a science."
Roger Smith, British Journal for the History of Science "Freud, the Reluctant Philosopher is an erudite, thoughtful and challenging book, which amply repays the investment of working through it."
Daphna Erdinast-Vulcan, European Legacy Show Less