Boris Sidis
Boris Sidis was a Ukrainian-American psychopathologist, psychologist, physician, psychiatrist, and philosopher of education. Sidis founded the New York State Psychopathic Institute and the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. He was the father of child prodigy William James Sidis. Boris Sidis eventually opposed mainstream psychology and Sigmund Freud, and thereby died ostracized. He was married to a maternal aunt of Clifton Fadiman, the American intellectual.
Nervous ills, their cause and cure
A groundbreaking study links the instinct for survival to crippling mental disorders, offering hope by challenging established ideas and proposing a new path to healing through understanding the power of fear.
By Boris Sidis
Philistine and genius
In a world threatened by conformity and blind obedience, one man challenges society to nurture independent thought and cultivate true genius in its children.
By Boris Sidis