This extract from Jeremy Lewis’s biography of the worthy postwar Observer editor explores Astor’s lifelong near-religious belief in psychoanalysis
• Click here to read more approximately David AstorDavid was the first of the Astor children to reject the Christian Scientist faith of his parents,leaving a void that was filled, years later, or by an almost religious faith in the redemptive powers of psychoanalysis.
David felt I saw him as a symbolic father whom I had symbolically to killOver his lifetime,David gave more to support psychoanalytic efforts to improve mental health than to any other causeContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com