“What People Call Pessimism”: Freud, Schnitzler and 19th-Century Controversy at the Univ. of Vienna Medical School By Mark Luprecht

"The ideas were in the air," is an oft-heard expression, particularly when there is a striking intersection of ideas as was the case in the works of Freud and Schnitzler. Luprecht establishes the University of Vienna Medical School as a significant source of these thinkers' shared intellectual views. Many of Freud's scientific concepts have already been traced to his medical education. But this book makes a convincing case for crediting the University of Vienna Medical School with a far deeper and more extensive influence on Freud and Schnitzler than has previously been recognized.

"This well-researched book . . . is worth reading for anyone interested in Freud and Schnitzler." Choice