The World of Man
London: Vision Press Ltd, 1951. Trans. V.M.E. Collins. Octavo, original cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w frontis portrait plate of the author, b&w plates, pp 272. Faint discolouration to the upper board, otherwise clean. Very good condition in a near-fine, price-clipped dustjacket.
Georg Walther Groddeck (1866 - 1934) was a German psychoanalyst, physician and writer regarded as a pioneer of psychosomatic medicine. "The World of Man" includes an introduction to Groddeck's life and work and a translator's note. The translator states that the book is based on Groddeck's last completed work, 'Der Mensch als Symbol' [Man as Symbol], and is "a compilation of extracts arranged round about the material of 'Der Mensch als Symbol'." Item #105588
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