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Triad: The Physicists, the Analysts, the Kabbalists

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It is widely acknowledged that we are living in the waves caused by the scientific and psychological depth charges sent down by Freud, Einstein and their associates in the early part of the twentieth century.

Apart from quirky little books like Aczel's "Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Search for Infinity" we have heard little about the spiritual roots, ramifications, or inspirations of these seismic events.

Even rarer are books that can tell a story and are still able to explain, still within the event horizon as it were, what these tentative discoveries are and why they are so unsettling.

Although occasionally risking obscurity or dryness Keve manages to achieve both the feat of explanation and the feat of compelling narrative. He does this while reestablishing Sandor Ferenczi in his rightful place by Freud's side at the heart of the early psycho-analytic movement.

Despite the formidable discourses invoked by the title, this is a surprisingly readable and engaging book and I would highly recommend it.