Books by Bruno Bettelheim and Complete Book Reviews
Bruno Bettelheim, Author Vintage Books USA $19 (308p) ISBN 978-0-679-73188-7
In pieces that range from outstanding to bland, the author discusses Jung's breakup with Freud; Miep Gies, who sheltered Anne Frank from the Nazis; and the controversial theory of ``Jewish ghetto thinking,'' which he claims caused passivity on the...
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Bruno Bettelheim, Author Alfred A. Knopf $18.95 (377p) ISBN 978-0-394-47148-8
In this sensible, humane, if opinionated tract, Bettelheim offers practical advice that encourages parents to develop their own child-rearing approaches. The eminent child psychologist (The Uses of Enchantment, etc.) strongly believes that severe...
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Bruno Bettelheim, Author Alfred A. Knopf $22.95 (281p) ISBN 978-0-394-57209-3
Combining humanistic wisdom and clinical insight, this gathering of 18 essays reflects eminent psychoanalyst Bettelheim's concerns as both child therapist and Holocaust survivor. One provocative piece profiles Sabina Spielrein, who supposedly had a...
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Bruno Bettelheim, Author, Alvin A. Rosenfeld, With Knopf Publishing Group $23 (0p) ISBN 978-0-679-40029-5
Rosenfeld here reconstructs a series of training seminars he and renowned child psychiatrist Bettelheim ( The Uses of Enchantment ) held with psychotherapists in the late 1970s and early 1980s at Stanford University Medical School. As director of...
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