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This edition published in the UK and the USA in 2012 by Icon Books Ltd, Omnibus Business Centre, 39–41 North Road, London N7 9DP email: info@iconbooks.com www.introducingbooks.com Sold in the UK, Europe and Asia by Faber & Faber Ltd, Bloomsbury House, 74–77 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DA or their agents Distributed in South Africa by Jonathan Ball, Office B4, The District, 41 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock 7925 Distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd, PO Box 8500, 83 Alexander Street, Crows Nest, NSW 2065 Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West, 1700 Fourth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 Distributed in Canada by Publishers Group Canada, 76 Stafford Street, Unit 300 Toronto, Ontario M6J 2S1 Previous edition published in 2002 ISBN: 978-184831-411-5 Text copyright © 2002 Stephen Wilson Illustrations copyright © 2012 Icon Books Ltd The author has asserted his moral rights. Originating editor: Richard Appignanesi No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, or by any means, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. Printed by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc
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Freud's Origins Sigmund Freud was born into an unprosperous Jewish family in 1856. His place of birth was above a blacksmith's forge in Freiberg, N. Moravia, at that time part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was talented, ambitious and wanted to become famous. HAD A L EMANCIPA ANTI-SEM RCED BY THE THOLIC CHU Freud's childhood hero was Hannibal, the (Semitic) Carthaginian general who fought the Romans. 3

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This edition published in the UK and the USA in 2012 by Icon Books Ltd, Omnibus Business Centre, 39–41 North Road, London N7 9DP

email: info@iconbooks.com www.introducingbooks.com

Sold in the UK, Europe and Asia by Faber & Faber Ltd,

Bloomsbury House, 74–77 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DA or their agents

Distributed in South Africa by Jonathan Ball, Office B4, The District,

41 Sir Lowry Road,

Woodstock 7925

Distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd, PO Box 8500, 83 Alexander Street, Crows Nest, NSW 2065

Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West, 1700 Fourth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710

Distributed in Canada by Publishers Group Canada, 76 Stafford Street, Unit 300 Toronto, Ontario M6J 2S1

Previous edition published in 2002

ISBN: 978-184831-411-5

Text copyright © 2002 Stephen Wilson Illustrations copyright © 2012 Icon Books Ltd

The author has asserted his moral rights.

Originating editor: Richard Appignanesi

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, or by any means, without prior permission in writing from the publisher.

Printed by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc

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