Manès Sperber : l'espoir tragique

A biography of the Austrian-French Jewish intellectual and psychologist, Manes Sperber (1905-1985), co-worker of Alfred Adler, the founder of individual psychology. Pp. 123-218 describe his life between 1933-45. In 1927 he had moved from Vienna to Berlin, and was arrested as a communist in 1933. He was released because of his Polish citizenship and moved to Paris, where he was employed by the Komintern. Political disagreement led to a break in the relationship with Adler in 1933 and he left the communist movement in 1937. In 1939 he joined the French army and in 1940 fled to Southern France. In 1942 he escaped with his wife and child to Switzerland, where they stayed until the end of the war. They then settled in Paris. Examines the effect of Sperber's wartime experiences as an anti-fascist and a Jew on his development from a militant to an observer and writer. Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-326). 331 pages ; 23 cm.